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Talking Biz News Today — Sept 21, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices, by Alex Veiga

Twitter to pay $809.5 million to settle shareholder lawsuit, by Barbara Ortutay

CNN

FedEx is raising its shipping rates, by Ramishah Maruf

More than 200 companies joined a pledge to hit net-zero carbon by 2040, by Alexis Benveniste

The Wall Street Journal

Shell to Sell Permian Assets to ConocoPhillips for $9.5 Billion, by Cara Lombardo, Collin Eaton

SEC Is Investigating Activision Blizzard Over Workplace Practices, Disclosures, by Kirsten Grind, Sarah E. Needleman

CNBC

GM to begin fixing Chevy Bolt EVs, recalled due to fire risk, as soon as next month, by Michael Wayland

Peloton looks to commercial customers like hotel chains for new growth, by Lauren Thomas

Reuters

JPMorgan takes on British rivals with launch of digital bank Chase, by Lawrence White

Easing restrictions will boost U.S. airlines but business travel still unclear, by Rajesh Kumar Singh

News about business journalism 

Kwong named new formats editor at WSJ

Gordon becoming U.S. national editor at Bloomberg

The Information hires Goodman as opinion editor

Higgins-Dun rejoining CNBC to cover pharma and health

Media company Stacker providing biz news stories and data to newspapers

Pensions & Investments editor Resnick looking for new job

Boston Biz Journal, Bostinno hire Mintz as a reporter

WSJ hires Saeedy to cover bankruptcy and corporate distress

MarketWatch hires Shi as social media editor

Sriram joins Reuters as a correspondent

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