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Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 4, 2021

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US government works to ‘cocoon’ old nuclear reactors, by Nicholas K. Geranios

Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties, by Christopher Rugaber

CNN

Global finance pledge could mean $100 trillion for the climate. Now for the hard part, by Charles Riley

IPOs are having their best year ever — even better than the dot com boom, by Paul R. La Monica

The Wall Street Journal

Qualcomm Posts Record Sales Amid Surging Demand for 5G Smartphones, by Meghan Bobrowsky

Deere Says It’s Done Bargaining After Striking Workers Reject Second Contract Offer, by Bob Tita

CNBC

Ford’s U.S. sales continued to recover from chip shortage in October, by Michael Wayland

Bill Gates doubts goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is achievable, by Anmar Fragoul   

News about business journalism 

Crain’s New York names Bryan its ME, hires three from WSJ

New York’s Intelligencer hires Dugan to cover markets and money

Goldman joins Modern Healthcare as a reporter

South Florida Biz Journal hires Bojnansky as emerging markets real estate reporter

Bloomberg hires Protocol’s Williams to cover enterprise software

North Carolina biz journal hires Still as reporter

New Quad Cities biz journal set to launch

Crain’s Cleveland names Scalzo its sports business reporter

Fleming joins Bloomberg as breaking news editor

LA Times taps Contreras to cover internet platforms and influencers

WSJ hires Baxter to be editor of “The Journal” podcast

Forbes strikes deal for editions in Peru and Chile

Youngblood, longtime Star Tribune biz columnist, dies at 85

Laser Focus World appoints Fretty EIC

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