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Talking Biz News Today — Nov 20, 2020

November 20, 2020

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Mnuchin rejects renewal of some Fed emergency loan programs, by Martin Crutsinger, Christopher Rugaber

US jobless claims rise to 742,000; millions to lose aid, by Christopoher Rugaber

CNN
GM is increasing spending to $27 billion to make 40% of its cars electric by 2025, by Peter Valdes-Dapena

BuzzFeed chief Jonah Perreti brings HuffPost back under his fold in deal with Verizon Media, by Kerry Flynn

The Wall Street Journal

Airlines Flag Falling Bookings as Covid-19 Cases Climb, by Alison Sider

Tyson Suspends Managers After Lawsuit Claims They Bet on Covid-19 Infections, by jacob Bunge

CNBC

Macy’s may temporarily close more stores as Covid cases climb and threaten crucial holiday shopping season, CEO says, by Lauren Thomas

Samsung wearable device sales have jumped more than 30% this year, exec says, by Sumathi Bala

Reuters

Facebook probe in final stages as FTC, U.S. states prepare lawsuits, by Diane Bartz, Paresh Dav

Verizon, Apple partner to swap out corporate-owned phones for 5G iPhones, by Stephen Nellis

News about business journalism

DOJ investigating Variety parent’s deal for Hollywood Reporter

Cheng promoted to senior VP of Barron’s Group

Business Insider, Forbes are top business news sites in England

Business Insider hires Zitser as weekend news reporter

The Economist hires Weinland from the FT to cover China

How NPR’s “Planet Money” has thrived on TikTok

Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Gruley to retire

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