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Talking Biz News Today — Aug 3, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Landlords, tenants fill courts as eviction moratorium ends, by Michel Casey, Philip Marcelo

Air travel hits another pandemic high, flight delays grow, by David Koenig

CNN

‘Buy now, pay later’ is becoming a huge business, by Julia Horowitz

Exclusive: Another major financial institution ditches overdraft fees, by Matt Egan

The Wall Street Journal

As Delta Variant Rages, More Workers Are on Edge About Return to the Office, by Ray A. Smith, Patrick Thomas

Fuel-Efficiency Standards Are Set to Get Tougher. The Question Is by How Much., by Katy Stech Ferek

CNBC

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatening delays to Black Friday shopping, by Weizhen Tan

American Airlines, Spirit Airlines passengers face hundreds of cancellations after storms, by Leslie Josephs

Reuters

Sanofi confirms $3.2 bln offer to buy U.S. biotech firm Translate Bio

U.S. manufacturing growth cooling; bottlenecks starting to abate, by Lucia Mutikani

News about business journalism 

Forbes reporter Rosenbaum leaving magazine

Bloomberg’s Porzecanski moves to U.S. team leader for legal news

CNBC Make It hires Deitch as a success editor

Adweek hires Canton as reporter

Hobbs joining WSJ’s investigations team

Law360 reporter Shanes departing for law school

WSJ’s Jones named president of Dow Jones News Fund board

Quartz doubles down on email newsletters for members

Reuters correspondent Rochabrun moving to Peru

Dow Jones parent to buy Oil Price Information Services for $1.15B

Financial Times names Smith its U.S. economics editor

The Economist appoints Mathewson news editor

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