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Talking Biz News — Dec. 14, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Harris unveils plan for electric vehicle charging network, by Matthew Daly

BofA CEO: Consumers spending at fastest pace he’s seen, by Ken Sweet

CNN

GM may be stuck with the Bolt, even if it makes sense to dump it, by Chris Isidore

MGM is selling operations of The Mirage to Hard Rock for more than $1 billion, by Ramishah Maruf

The Wall Street Journal

UPS, Postal Service Step Up On-Time Holiday Deliveries, Data Show, by Paul Ziobro

Shareholders Press Facebook for Governance Changes, by Emily Glazer

CNBC

U.S. solar industry will grow 25% less than expected during 2022 thanks to supply chain issues and rising costs, new report says, by Pippa Stevens

‘Land of the lawless’: UK politicians urge government to enforce stricter rules on Big Tech, by Sam Shead

Reuters

Apple closes in on $3 trillion market value, by Nivedit Balu, Anisha Sircar, David Randall

U.S. opens probe into Amazon warehouse fatal collapse in Illinois, by Richa Naidu

News about business journalism 

Axios hires Flaherty as editor for newsletters

Bloomberg hires O’Kane to cover electric vehicles

Axios correspondent Walsh departs

Matthews named deputy US energy editor at WSJ

The Block hires Harley-McKeown to cover fintech

Sadovi joins Industry Dive as a senior reporter

The mainstream media doesn’t understand how to cover crypto

Reuters CFO to take in interim role during CEO search

Versprille to cover crypto regulation for Bloomberg

Bloomberg’s Blas moving to Bloomberg Opinion

TheStreet taps Silverstein as editor-in-chief

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