Talking Biz News Today — June 25, 2021

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

The Teamsters have a new mission: Unionize Amazon workers, by Joseph Pisani

All big banks pass latest Federal Reserve ‘stress tests’, by Ken Sweet

CNN

New York’s economy is America’s worst, by Anneken Tappe

House Judiciary advances sweeping legislation to rein in and break up Big Tech, by Brian Fung

The Wall Street Journal

Biden, Senators Agree to Roughly $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, by Andrew Duehren, Kristina Peterson, Sabrina Siddiqui

CNBC

Nike earnings and sales beat estimates as retailer books record revenue in North America, by Lauren Thomas

Supply chain pressures are still a problem due to workforce shortages, manufacturing group says, by Pia Singh

Reuters

Britain begins formal Amazon, Google fake review inquiry, by James Davey, Yadarisa Shabong

Job hole or inflation? Fed policymakers split over risk view, by Ann Saphir

News about business journalism

Alliance of Area Business Publishers names 2021 award winners

Ex-Quartz cofounders launch new venture covering work

Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Ketterer as a reporter

Newsday biz reporter Reich-Hale is departing

Union challenges new Dow Jones book leave policy, Greater New York layoffs

NY Times hires BuzzFeed’s Mac to cover tech accountability

Edwards named team leader for U.S. consumer coverage at Bloomberg

Politico taps Luthi to cover tech influence

FDA reporter Kaplan is departing NY Times

Business newsletter Charlotte Ledger has 2,000 subs, $175k in annual revenue

“Planet Money” hires Beras as a host/reporter

Levinthal now deputy DC bureau chief at Business Insider

Qwoted finalizes $3 million seed round