Talking Biz News Today — Sept. 4, 2020

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Jobless claims fall to 881,000 but layoffs remain elevated, by Paul Wiseman

EPA chief pledges more cleanups, less focus on climate, by John Flesher

CNN

Juul to lay off more workers, considers exiting some international markets, by Clare Duffy

Airbnb CEO: People are booking months-long stays, by Jackie Wattles

The Wall Street Journal

GM, Honda Deepen Ties, Plan Joint Vehicle Development, by Mike Colias

Apple Delays Privacy Change Amid App Publishers’ Concerns, by Patience Haggin

CNBC

Pfizer CEO confirms late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial may have results in October, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

SpaceX launches and lands another Starship prototype, the second flight test in under a month, by Michael Sheetz

Reuters

Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ spikes but unlikely to be pointing to a market crash, by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, April Joyner

Broadcom signals delay in iPhone chip ramp-up, pointing to later release date, by Neha Malara, Stephen Nellis

News about business journalism

German prosecutors drop FT investigation over Wirecard

Reuters signs deal with Facebook to provide election results

SABEW calls on lawmakers to fund data collection

Wired’s Goode: Inspired by her coworkers

The Real Deal New York hires Plitt as an editor

Muck Rack cofounder and CEO Galant talks its strategy

Fox Business producer and writer Terrett talks about her job

Wrather named managing editor at Nashville Biz Journal

How Wirecard tried to discredit FT’s reporting

How you anchor a business TV show from home during the pandemic