Talking Biz News Today — Sept. 9, 2020

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Companies testing vaccines pledge safety, high standards, by Linda A. Johnson

GM to make electric vehicle, supply batteries for Nikola, by Tom Krisher

CNN

Apple scheduled an event for next week, fueling iPhone 12 speculation, by Clare Duffy

Peloton cuts the price of its most popular bike by 15%, by Jordan Valinsky

The Wall Street Journal

Slack’s Pandemic Growth Takes Hit From Disappointing Billings, by Aaron Tilley

AstraZeneca Pauses Covid-19 Vaccine Trial After Illness in a U.K. Subject, by Peter Loftus

CNBC

9 retailers that are avoiding the industry’s shakeout and opening stores, by Lauren Thomas

Oil drops more than 7% to multi-month low on demand fears, by Pippa Stevens

Reuters

Apple seeks damages from ‘Fortnite’ creator in App Store dispute, by Stephen Nellis

Northrop Grumman wins $13.3 billion missile replacement contract, by Sanjana Shivdas

News about business journalism

Adweek’s Rios departs for Polygon

Garunrangseewong joins Bloomberg as editorial producer

Bloomberg taps Tobin as full-time reporter

The Logic hires two new reporters

Guardian hires WSJ’s Chang as senior data reporter

Bloomberg News makes changes to US health team

Why Wired and Bloomberg are expanding gaming industry coverage

WSJ hires Juarez as photo editor

FT adds ETF section on website