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Talking Biz News Today – Aug. 23, 2023

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries, by Haleluya Hadero and Matt Ott

Surprisingly durable US economy poses key question: Are we facing higher-for-longer interest rates?, by Christopher Rugaber

CNN

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers publicly shares latest package proposed to Writers Guild of America, by Taylor Romine

Meta’s Threads is finally available on desktop, by Clare Duffy

The Wall Street Journal

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Macy’s Flash Warning Signs on U.S. Consumer Spending, by Sarah Nassauer and Suzanne Kapner

Bankrupt Trucker Yellow’s Real Estate Is in High Demand, by Paul Berger

CNBC

Amazon is seeing some employees quit instead of moving to a new state as part of relocation mandate, by Annie Palmer

American workers are demanding almost $80,000 a year to take a new job, by Jeff Cox

Reuters

Facebook owner Meta breaks privacy rules, Norway regulator tells court, by Gwladys Fouche

Bath & Body Works sees steeper sales drop on slowing demand

News about business journalism:

Talking Biz News Today – Aug. 22, 2023

Bloomberg taps Hawkins to cover economic policy

What happened to Wirecutter?

Four staffers leave Motherboard to start 404 Media

Law360 reporter Symons departs

Trang joins STAT News as a reporter

Bloomberg Government hires Hewitt Jones as policy team leader

Washington state paper rescuers, Milwaukee’s new NBC sports reporter, Vox nabs Rolling Stone pols editor

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