Talking Biz News — Oct. 22, 2021

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

White House, Dems hurriedly reworking $2 trillion Biden plan, by Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville, Alan Fram

Trump plan for new media venture gets investors’ thumbs up, by Jill Colvin, Alex Veiga

CNN

Home sales rebound while prices continue to climb, by Anna Bahney

WeWork is finally going public. A lot has changed, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

Facebook Is Rebuked by Oversight Board Over Transparency on Treatment of Prominent Users, by Sam Schechner

Unilever Held Back by Lingering Covid-19 Restrictions in Asia, by Nick Kostov

CNBC

Whirlpool CEO says he’s ‘starting to get worried’ the U.S. labor shortage may become structural, by Kevin Stankiewicz

California moves to ban oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools, by Emma Newburger

Reuters

Regional carrier SkyWest cancels 700 U.S. flights over technical woes

U.S. says firms may meet chip data request amid Taiwan, South Korea concerns

News about business journalism 

St. Louis Biz Journal names Kirn as managing editor

Business NC hires Cool as associate editor

Bisnow hires Gillespie to cover Houston real estate

Reporting on the Workplace seminar to take place at CUNY in January

The Economist to sell “Alice in Wonderland” cover as NFT

Wicklund to cover technology and innovation for HealthLeaders Media

Cleveland.com taps McDonnell to cover business

Yahoo Finance pulled from Chinese app store

HuffPost hires Adaway as shopping writer

Miami Herald hires Bomberger as business editor

Bloomberg’s Pearson wins Welles Prize

ROI-NJ hires Lindner as managing editor