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Talking Biz News — Oct. 20, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Businesses nervously await fine print of vax-or-test rule, by Zeke Miller, David Koenig

P&G raising prices to offset higher commodity, freight costs

CNN

Wanted: 80,000 truck drivers to help fix the supply chain, by Vanessa Yurkevich

Netflix adds 4.4 million subscribers, praises ‘Squid Game’, by Frank Pallotta

The Wall Street Journal

Procter & Gamble Uses Its Size to Lessen Impact of Supply-Chain Mess, by Sharon Terlep

Facebook Settles With U.S. Government Over Improperly Reserving Jobs for Immigrants, by Meghan Bobrowsky

CNBC

Panic ordering by retailers is making the supply chain crisis ‘even worse’, by Weizhen Tan

Amazon’s new net-zero carbon pledge is focused on the oceans, as shipping giants pursue alternative fuels, by Alicia Doniger

Reuters

Gates Foundation allots $120 mln for poor nations to get COVID-19 drug

Nestle raises full-year growth outlook thanks to coffee, higher prices, by Silke Koltrowitz

News about business journalism 

E&E News hires Holzman to cover mining

S&P Global hires Thomas to cover private equity

Gershgorn swaps Insider for Wirecutter

Arena Group hires Wang as VP of audience development

Sethi hired by BuzzFeed News as tech reporter

FT taps Cornish as Mumbai correspondent

Bloomberg to launch biz news network in Eastern Europe

News Corp. extends Twitter deal, adds Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business

FT appoints Venkataramakrishnan banking and fintech reporter

FinTech reporter Casperson departs Investment News

Modern Healthcare launches Digital Health brand

ProPublica wins top award at Barlett & Steele Awards

Fierce Healthcare taps Torrence to cover health tech and digital health

Reuters hires Estebarán as European M&A correspondent

Barron’s Wenger departs for Volpe Miller

Reuters names Li its global tech editor

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