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Talking Biz News Today — Aug 23, 2021

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Pop-up restaurants may stick around as COVID sees resurgence, by Mae Anderson

GM extends recall to cover all Chevy Bolts due to fire risk, by Tom Krisher

CNN

Bitcoin’s price rises above $50,000 for the first time since May, by Diksha Madhok

Gig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is ‘unconstitutional’, by Chauncey Alcorn

The Wall Street Journal

Remote Work May Now Last for Two Years, Worrying Some Bosses, by Chip Cutter

Juul, Other E-Cigarette Makers Face Judgment Day, by Jennifer Maloney

CNBC

U.S. State Department reportedly hit by a cyberattack in recent weeks, by Emma Newburger

Concrete and cement industries brace for demand boom from $1 trillion infrastructure plan, by Andrea Miller

Reuters

Global dividends to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021 -report, by Stefano Rebaudo

‘Black Widow’ helps Disney collect $125 million in online revenue

News about business journalism 

Flanigan, longtime LA Times biz columnist, dies at 85

SABEW hires Ernst as program and content director

Yahoo Finance hires Schonberger to cover cryptocurrencies

FT hires Akwagyiram to be digital editor on world desk

Bloomberg Industry rolls back return to office policy

Boone named biz editor at Baton Rouge newspaper

Quartz reporter departing for Business of Fashion

Forbes launches Portuguese-language magazine in Africa

How FinTech Today wants to change financial tech news

Bloomberg leveraged finance writer McGavin set to depart

WSJ: Colleagues out of Afghanistan, and others are departing

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