Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Square to buy installment payment firm Afterpay in $29B deal, by Alex Veiga
It’s in – and big: Senators produce $1T infrastructure bill, by Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro
CNN
Wall Street is buying up family homes. The rent checks are too juicy to ignore, by Hanna Ziady
Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine, by Brian Fung
The Wall Street Journal
Two U.S. Companies Seek Continued Tariffs on Imported Solar Panels, by Bob Davis
Heavyweight Companies Enjoy Outsize Rewards as Economy Rebounds, by Tom Fairless
CNBC
The high prices of used cars may finally be dropping: Sonic Automotive president, by 8/1/21, Ian Thomas
Cryptocurrency is taking off as a way to pay for those vacation getaways, by Kenneth Kienoski
Reuters
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific plan $1 billion film studios in UK
Zoom reaches $85 mln settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’, by Jonathan Stempel
News about business journalism
Crain’s Detroit hires Kass to cover residential real estate
CNBC.com reporter Higgins departs for law school
Barlett & Steele Awards deadline extended to Aug. 13
Orlando Sentinel taps Rice to cover tourism and theme parks
CNBC hires de Luna as GM for consumer business
Nauman, producer of FT’s “Moral Money” newsletter, departs
Tampa Bay Times taps Berdychowski to cover real estate, retail
