Talking Biz News Today — Aug 19, 2021

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach, by Matt O’Brien

Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project, by Mark Thiessen, Becky Bohrer

CNN

Fed signals it will start hitting the brakes

Robinhood disappoints in first earnings report since market debut, by Paul R. La Monica

The Wall Street Journal

Nvidia’s Gaming Chips Drive Record Quarterly Results, by Asa Fitch

Target Sales Increase as Shoppers Return to Stores, by Omar Abdel-Baqui

CNBC

61% of Americans paid no federal income taxes in 2020, Tax Policy Center says, by Robert Frank

Classic car insurer Hagerty to go public via SPAC in $3 billion deal with Aldel Financial, by Robert Frank

Reuters

Goldman Sachs to buy Dutch asset manager NNIP for around $2 billion, by Toby Sterling

Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to inspect iMessages, scan for abuse images, by Joseph Menn

News about business journalism 

FT appoints two for Washington bureau

Bloomberg Media hires global head of distribution

Benzinga debuts new podcast on entertainment industry

Wired hires Chen as senior editor

Skibba joins Wired as space writer

Huetter to cover finance and insurance for Automotive News

Wilson joins Politico as health care and influence reporter

Denver Biz Journal appoints Cohn managing editor

Morning Consult hires Teale as tech reporter

ACBJ is adding KC Inno