ProPublica hires Bedi to cover government agencies
ProPublica announced that Neil Bedi is joining its Washington, D.C., newsroom as a reporter covering federal government agencies. He starts Feb. 1. Bedi comes to ProPublica from the Tampa Bay Times, where he was an investigative reporter and developer, and brings a unique skill set to his journalism. A graduate of the University of California, […]
Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 4, 2020
Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Cruise industry throws in the towel on 2020, looks to 2021, by Matt Ott Virus hospitalizations surge as pandemic shadows US election, by Alexandra Olson CNN ‘Surreal.’ Reporters share what it was like to cover the Trump and Biden campaigns, by Brian Stelter Waymo pulls self-driving […]
Reporter Rozen to cover White House for Bloomberg Industry Group
Courtney Rozen, a transportation reporter at Bloomberg Industry Group, covering federal transportation policy on Capitol Hill and the U.S. Department of Transportation, will now be covering the White House beginning in a few weeks. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Rozen has worked as an education desk intern at NPR and has also served as an intern […]
How a WSJ reporting tool turned into a feature for readers
Wall Street Journal chief product and technology officer Louise Story writes about how a reporting tool from its Washington bureau has turned into the Talk2020 feature for its readers. Story writes, “In the world long before Covid-19, a handful of folks in the D.C. bureau gathered on Monday afternoons for Show & Tell. They were something of […]
Washington sues Google for monopoly position
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google for anticompetitive practices. Anthony Ha reported the news for TechCrunch: The suit accuses Google of “unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising in the United States.” It’s co-signed by 11 states, all with Republican attorneys […]
Congress says Big Tech wields monopoly power
An investigation by Congress has found Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple have “monopoly power” that they have abused. CNN’s Brian Fung reported: A 16-month congressional investigation into Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook has found that the tech giants hold “monopoly power” in key business segments and have abused their dominance in the marketplace, in a […]
California to ban new gasoline car sales from 2035
California will ban sales of new cars with internal combustion engines in favor of electric vehicles under a new executive order by Governor Gavin Newsom. Adam Beam reported the news for the AP: California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks in 15 years, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, establishing a […]
Justice Department launches probe into Nikola
The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into electric car maker Nikola on allegations for misleading investors. The Wall Street Journal’s Ben Foldy reported: The Justice Department has joined U.S. securities regulators in examining allegations that electric-truck startup Nikola Corp. NKLA -8.27% misled investors by making exaggerated claims about its technology, according to people […]
German prosecutors drop FT investigation over Wirecard
German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard, reports Martin Arnold of the FT. Arnold reports, “The criminal prosecution office in Munich said on Thursday it had ‘suspended the investigative proceedings’ against the two FT journalists after they ‘did not […]
Another million file jobless claims
More than a million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week in the latest sign that economic recovery remains elusive. CNN’s Anneken Tappe reported: Another 1 million American workers filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The report met economists’ expectations, and was a small […]
