Talking Biz News — Oct. 26, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Tesla’s market value tops $1T after Hertz orders 100K cars, by Tom Krisher

White House eyes new climate change strategies in Biden bill, by Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly

CNN

$24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s biggest ports, by Matt Egan

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to build a tourism space station nearly as big as the ISS, by Jackie Wattles

The Wall Street Journal

Facebook Posts Slower Sales Growth With Apple Privacy Policy, by Sarah E. Needleman

SolarWinds Hackers Continue to Hit Technology Companies, Says Microsoft, by Robert McMillan, Dustin Votz

CNBC

Burger King parent earnings beat but labor challenges weigh on sales, by Amelia Lucas

Business groups ask White House to delay Biden Covid vaccine mandate until after the holidays, by Spencer Kimball

Reuters

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows, by Elizabeth Clifford, Nivedita Balu

BlackRock creates biggest climate exchange-traded fund range, by Simon Jessop

News about business journalism 

Fortune’s Hackett departing for Andreessen Horowitz

Protocol’s Dickey to depart for VC firm

Washington Post taps Long to write about economy on op-ed page

Axios hires Clark as tech editor

Rubin named national economics reporter at WSJ

Private equity firm acquires majority stake in biz news site Benzinga

How the Facebook whistleblower vetted a WSJ reporter

Zhou joins Nikkei Asia as senior biz correspondent

FT names Jenkins deputy editor on UK news desk

Financial Post reporter Rolfe departs

Isidro swaps Daily Beast for Bloomberg

CNBC’s Wapner discusses “Halftime Report” and markets coverage

WSJ names Bustillo its global climate and energy editor

Bloomberg implements US vaccine mandate by Dec. 1

Fast Company hires Hofman as executive editor and head of digital