Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 27, 2021

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Apple loosens app store payment rules in lawsuit settlement, by Michael Liedtke

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic, by Mark Sherman

CNN

Peloton is giving its bike another price cut, by Jordan Valinsky

Politico will be sold to Axel Springer for over $1 billion, by Brian Stelter

The Wall Street Journal

China Plans to Ban U.S. IPOs for Data-Heavy Tech Firms, by Keith Zhai

HP, Dell See Swelling Backlogs Amid Hot Demand And Supply Shortages, by Maria Armental

CNBC

Tesla files to become an electricity provider in Texas, by Lora Kolodny

Ford to cut F-150 pickup truck production due to chip shortage, by Michael Wayland

Reuters

Runaway U.S. home price rises to slow, but affordability to worsen, by Hari Kishan

New York City approves licenses, commission caps for food-delivery apps, by Hilary Russ, Tina Bellon

News about business journalism 

Bloomberg TV hires Cioffi as segment producer

Forbes promotes Solender to senior reporter covering White House

ACBJ is launching Triad Inno next month

The Times of London hires Newman as markets reporter

Kennedy joins Kiplinger as reporter and editor for ESG topics

Nashville Biz Journal reporter Burnett promoted to national role

Majcher to cover fintech, payments and cryptocurrency for The Block

Ex-BNN Bloomberg GM Ellis joining Toronto Star as ME of digital and multimedia

Coindesk’s De named crypto reporter of the year

Youngstown biz journal names O’Brien its managing editor

Forbes is going public at $630 million valuation