Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Virus is pummeling Europe’s eateries — and winter is coming, by Raf Casert
Germany’s Bayer to buy US gene therapy specialist AskBio
The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Prepares Measures for Possible Election Unrest, by Jeff Horwitz, Deepa Seethamaran
Apple’s Booming Services Business Could Be Hit in Google Antitrust Battle, by Tim Higgins
CNBC
McDonald’s seeks dismissal of racial discrimination lawsuit by former franchisees, by Amelia Lucas
Business is booming for plastic companies as demand for plexiglass surges
Reuters
Dunkin’ Brands discuss potential sale to Inspire Brands, by Aishwarya Nair
Canada’s Cenovus to buy Husky for $2.9 billion as pandemic drives oil mergers, by Ann Maria Shibu, Rod Nickel
News about business journalism
How the WSJ resisted being fed a false story by the Trump camp
Bauman to become senior investigative reporter for Bloomberg Industry
Texas Tribune hires Houston Chronicle biz reporter Douglas
WSJ struggling with aging readers, covering race
Newport Daily News hires Dunning as a reporter
Bloomberg providing $75/day to staff as they return to office
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Sadia Nowshin, a reporter at European startup news site Sifted, is leaving to join literary…
Variety has promoted Ethan Shanfeld to TV reporter. William Earl of Variety writes, "Shanfeld joins the entertainment…
Kasia Klimasinska is the new team leader for DC breaking news at Bloomberg News. She…
Paul Smalera has organized a gathering of James Ledbetter's friends and colleagues—open to all…
Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Rachel Scheier to cover the San Francisco commercial market.…