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Talking Biz News Today — Sept 3, 2021

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Hiring might have slowed in August in face of delta variant, by Christopher Rugaber

GM, Ford halt some production as chip shortage worsens, by Tom Krisher

CNN

Biden administration taps emergency oil stockpile amid Louisiana gas crisis, by Matt Egan

Apple relaxes App Store rules for services such as Spotify and Netflix, by Jill Disis

The Wall Street Journal

Grocers Prepare for Possible Snack Shortages as Mondelez Workers Strike, by Jesse Newman, Jaewon Kang

Walmart to Raise Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour, by Sarah Nassauer

CNBC

Ford’s U.S. sales decline 33% in August as chip shortage devastates auto industry, by Michael Wayland

Wildfires are putting water supplies at risk, and corporate America is scared, by Diana Olick

Reuters

Exclusive: Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service, sources say, by Sheila Dang

Fed likely to announce taper in November, former Fed official says, by Lisa Mattackal

News about business journalism 

Bloomberg Markets names Hechinger its features editor

Yahoo Finance reporter Udland departs for Titan

Morningstar hires Norton of Barron’s as editorial director of sustainability

Nashville Post editor De Lombaerde leaves for biz journalism opportunity

Financial Times hires Langley as breaking news reporter

Yahoo Finance hires six to bolster reporting

Dolan joins Kansas City Biz Journal as a reporter

Debtwire reporter Morpurgo departs

Fox Business shows have strong August

Bloomberg Markets senior editor McGuire retires

Insider hires Tayeb as junior biz reporter

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