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Talking Biz News Today — Sept. 29, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Yellen warns delay in raising debt limit will slow economy, by Christopher Rugaber

Green energy takes hold in unlikely places with Ford project, by Bruce Schreiner, Tom Krisher, Adrian Saintz

CNN

The energy crunch is roiling markets, by Julia Horowitz

Automakers’ problems are much worse than we thought, by Chris Isidore

The Wall Street Journal

The Pandemic Prompts More Companies to Offer Paid Sick Time and Leave—but Millions of Workers Still Don’t Get It, by Kathryn Dill

Big Tech Companies Amass Property Holdings During Covid-19 Pandemic, by Konrad Putzier

CNBC

EV start-up Lucid begins production of flagship Air sedan ahead of customer deliveries, by Michael Wayland

Kind founder, former executives launch Somos, a Mexican food brand built on authenticity, by Amelia Lucas

Reuters

AstraZeneca buys rare disease drugmaker Caelum in potential $500 mln deal, by Yadarisa Shabong, Sachin Ravikumar

Funds demand science-based emissions targets from 1,600 firms, by Simon Jessop

News about business journalism 

NY Times hires WSJ’s Farrell to cover big money and private capital

Reporter Salmons to join Pacific Business News

Galloway to host show on biz and tech for CNN+

CNBC hires Russom as correspondent for Shep Smith show

Adweek taps Corona as community editor

Puget Sound Biz Journal names Thompson health care and retail reporter

New EIC Shontell wants to turbocharge the Fortune brand

FT names Mundy its Moral Money editor

Senior editor Gara departs Forbes for FT

How virtual events have paid off for TechCrunch

Rodgers joins Law360 as a business of law reporter

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