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Talking Biz News — Oct. 28, 2021

October 28, 2021

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise, by Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, Alan Fram

Starbucks raising US workers’ pay as union effort looms, by Dee-Ann Durbin

CNN

Bitcoin’s slide from record highs is a warning for crypto investors, by Paul R. La Monica

Ford earnings and sales fall — but not as much as feared, by Chris Isidore

The Wall Street Journal

Federal Trade Commission Scrutinizing Facebook Disclosures, by John D. McKinnon, Brent Kendall

Hertz Links Up With Uber to Offer 50,000 Tesla Rentals, by Nora Naughton

CNBC

Commercial flights that fly ‘entirely on hydrogen’ planned for 2024, by Anmar Frangoul

Retail trade group expects holiday sales to rise by all-time record, despite congested ports, by Melissa Repko

News about business journalism 

Smith joins NY Times biz desk to cover economy

Why is the biz media skeptical about economic news?

Vox/Recode taps Morrison to cover Big Tech regulation, antitrust

Piche joins Winnipeg Free Press business desk

Hollywood Reporter taps two staffers for awards coverage

Washington Biz Journal’s Hansen to oversee new Richmond biz site

NerdWallet plans to raise up to $158 million in IPO

Vogue Business hires Salerno-Garthwaite as data editor

Private Equity News hires McCarthy as reporter

Skinner departing Investment News for Hightower Advisors

Reuters hires Wolfe as graphics editor

Star Tribune hires Gilyard to cover medical technology

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