Talking Biz News — Nov 10, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

GE to end its run as a conglomerate, split into 3 companies, by Michelle Chapman

Rare Starbucks union vote set to begin in Buffalo, by Dee-Ann Durbin, Carolyn Thompson

CNN

Americans have never been in so much debt, by Anneken Tappe

Facebook-parent Meta will remove the ability to target ads based on sensitive categories, by Clare Duffy

The Wall Street Journal

Rivian Prices Shares at $78 in Highly Anticipated IPO, by Corrie Driebusch

Judge Rejects Apple’s Request to Delay App Store Order, by Tim Higgins

CNBC

Panera Bread announces SPAC investment, will return to the public markets through an IPO, by Amelia Lucas

Labor union representing TSA and other federal workers urges White House to postpone vaccine deadline until 2022, by Leslie Josephs

Reuters

U.S. airlines and Amazon join push to reduce aircraft emissions, by David Shepardson

EXCLUSIVE Global carmakers now target $515 billion for EVs, batteries, by Paul Lienert, Tina Bellon

News about business journalism 

Bloomberg Law’s Wheeler begins “Opening Argument” column

La Roche leaves Yahoo Finance for You.com

Wirecutter staffer Heinonen set to depart

BBC taps McCallum as technology reporter

Digiday hires Shields as senior reporter, advertising technology

Matsuda joins The Block as fintech reporter

Schiffer departs The Verge for NBC tech investigations team

Reuters hires El Safty to cover Middle East commodities

Morales leaves MarketWatch.com for CNN+

Angell to cover entrepreneurs for Inc.

Bloomberg hires Gyftopoulou to cover asset management

Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Lindquist as retail, restaurants and arts reporter