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Talking Biz News Today – Aug. 29, 2023

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

Biden administration to target drugs for price negotiations to lower Medicare costs, by Tom Murphy, Amanda Seitz and Chris Megerian

Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for some customers who don’t have Prime memberships, by Haleluya Hadero

CNN

Disney, The New York Times and CNN are among a dozen major media companies blocking access to ChatGPT as they wage a cold war on A.I., by Oliver Darcy

OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT for businesses, by Catherine Thorbecke

The Wall Street Journal

American Airlines Fined $4.1 Million for Keeping Fliers on Planes Too Long, by Alison Sider

U.K. Flights Disrupted by Air-Traffic-Control Glitch, by David Luhnow and Benjamin Katz

CNBC

Labor unions are pushing hard for double-digit raises and better hours. Many are winning, by Michael Wayland and Leslie Josephs

Best Buy scales back sales outlook as results top expectations, by Melissa Repko

Reuters

Exclusive: Meta’s Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage, by Katie Paul and Steve Scherer

Instacart reveals IPO filing, disclosing PepsiCo investment, profitability, by Niket Nishant and Anirban Sen

News about business journalism:

CoinDesk retracts two articles

Dillard moves to US economy team at Bloomberg

Lee departs Insider for Law360

CNN mulls new head, Qwoted 100 PR feature returns, a new Bankadelic podcast

NYT, BBC vet Mark Thompson to lead CNN?

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