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Delta Air Lines to Resume Booking Middle Seats in May
The New York Times – Business:
The company, which started blocking middle seat bookings in April 2020 to give passengers peace of mind, is the last of the four big U.S. airlines to get rid of the policy.
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Black Corporate Leaders Call for Fight Against Voting Limits
The New York Times – Business:
More than 70 Black executives demanded that corporate America push back against laws they say limit voting access.
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How to Fix SPACs
The New York Times – Business:
The big names behind blank-check companies don’t always stick around. Could changing that protect investors?
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Biden to Pay for Infrastructure Plan With Corporate Taxes
The New York Times – Business:
The president will propose using the revenue from increasing corporate taxes to pay for eight years of ambitious spending on roads, bridges, utilities and other needs.
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Bloomberg Employees Get Access to Hospital’s Vaccine Slots
The New York Times – Business:
A company memo on Tuesday informed the staff that NYU Langone would “provide vaccines for Bloomberg employees who meet the eligibility requirements.”
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No, Volkswagen is not renaming itself Voltswagen.
The New York Times – Business:
“At the end of the day, it was a bit of fun with the name and the brand,” a Volkswagen spokesman said.
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Two ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Episodes No Longer on Nickelodeon
The New York Times – Business:
One episode, which centered on a virus story line, “was never put on the schedule to be sensitive to the pandemic outbreak last year,” a spokesman said. The other, removed three years ago, was not “kid-appropriate.”
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Two Texas Tribune leaders announce their departures after a year on the job.
The New York Times – Business:
Stacy-Marie Ishmael, the editorial director, and Millie Tran, the chief product officer, said on Tuesday that they planned to leave The Tribune next month.
