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Talking Biz News Today — March 11, 2021

March 11, 2021

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems, by Alan Fram

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits, by Barbara Ortutay

CNN

The 737 Max crisis costs continues to climb two years after the second fatal crash, by Chris Isidore

Roblox goes public and is instantly worth more than $45 billion, by Paul R. La Monica

The Wall Street Journal

Covid-19 Vaccines Targeting Multiple Variants Are in the Works at Moderna, Novavax, by Jared S. Hopkins

For U.S. Farmers, China Is Back and Bigger Than Ever, by Jesse Newman

CNBC

Free samples with your curbside groceries: How brands are wooing Walmart’s online shoppers, by Melissa Repko

Covid changed how we think of offices. Now companies want their spaces to work as hard as they do, by Lauren Thomas

Reuters

EV startup Canoo plans to roll out American-built, pod-like electric pickup in 2023, by Ben Klayman

SEC warns against investing in SPACs based solely on celebrity backing

News about business journalism

S&P Global hires DiMolfetta as tech policy reporter

What happened after a Wired reporter sold an NFT for $500

Atlanta Biz Chronicle promotes Sams to senior editor for news

LA Business Journal reporter Cutchin leaving for Palm Springs

Motherboard reporters win Sidney award for Amazon union coverage

Business Insider reporter Jones departs for Vox

Hearst CT hires Hamad as business and features editor

Bartiromo’s gamble on Trump is key to her future career

Harris becomes business investigative reporter at USA Today

Economic policy reporter Carter among those laid off at HuffPost

FT’s Henderson joins Australian Financial Review as markets reporter

TheBusinessDesk.com appoints Begum as North West biz editor

Duffy joins Business Insider as a junior biz reporter

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