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Talking Biz News Today – April 14, 2021

April 14, 2021

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Wednesday’s top business stories:

Associated Press

Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic, by Sarah Skidmore Sell

US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J shots in blow to vaccine drive, by Zeke Miller, Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone

CNN

$1.3 trillion dealmaking frenzy isn’t slowing down, by Julia Horowitz

Grab is going public in $40 billion SPAC deal, the biggest on record, by Michelle Toh

The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft’s Nuance Gambit Shows Healthcare Is Shaping Up as Next Tech Battleground, by Rolfe Winkler, Aaron Tilley

Fake Covid-19 Certificates Hit Airlines, Which Now Have to Police Them, by Benjamin Katz

CNBC

International travel is getting easier — except for the unvaccinated, by Monica Buchanan Pitrelli

Tech billionaires are obsessed with climate change — but some question if they’re focusing on the right areas, by San Shead

Reuters

EasyJet sees more flying from late May

Apple backs far-reaching emissions disclosure rules, by Ross Kerber, Stephen Nellis

News about business journalism:

Quartz offering seminar on biz journalism as a career

Bloomberg signs deals for Quicktake shows

Shephard to WSJ: Don’t go changing

Ogunbiyi joins The Economist as a reporter

Star Tribune names Kim its AME for business

Man pleads not guilty to using info from Bloomberg reporter for insider trading

CNBC’s “TechCheck” has a glossy, 3D look and feel

FT names US financial editor, US news editor

WSJ hires Finnerty as deputy editor of live journalism

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