OLD Media News

Talking Biz News Today — Oct. 6, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

In budget turning point, Biden conceding smaller price tag, by Alan Fram

Ex-Facebook manager criticizes company, urges more oversight, by Marcy Gordon, Barbara Ortutay

CNN

T-shirts and jeans may get more expensive as cotton prices hit 10-year high, by Matt Egan

Elizabeth Warren demands insider trading investigation of the Fed, by Matt Egan

The Wall Street Journal

Big Hotel Brands Bet on All-Inclusive Resorts to Counter Covid-19 Slump, by Konrad Putzier

PepsiCo Juggles Strong Demand and Supply-Chain Challenges, by Dave Sebastian, Jennifer Maloney

CNBC

GM to detail significant revenue expansion plans during highly anticipated investor day, by Michael Wayland

Target will pay employees an extra $2 an hour for peak days of holiday season, by Melissa Repko

Reuters

France’s Thales partners with Google on secure cloud services, by Mathieu Rosemain

Airlines warn erratic global COVID-19 rules could delay recovery, by Rajesh Kumar Singh, Tim Hepher

News about business journalism 

 Coindesk hires Bloomberg’s Ashraf to cover mining

Reuters promotes Gallagher to breaking news correspondent

Reuters names Mourad its Middle East breaking news correspondent

Seattle Times hires Pulkkinen as assistant business editor

Wharton Business Journalism flagship program seeks applicants

Sen named U.S. M&A editor in charge at Reuters

The tech journalist who has become a celebrity

Bloomberg Law hires Castronuovo to cover FDA, drug prices

Bloomberg Businessweek copy editor Newman retires

Automotive News hires Taylor as VP of editorial operations

Rocha joins Law360 as energy and finance reporter

Irina Slav

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

4 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

4 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

5 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

5 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

5 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

5 hours ago