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Dow Jones Newswires ·  Sep 2, 2021 11:38

FDA Weighing Dosage of Moderna Booster

$Moderna(MRNA.US)$The vaccine maker asked the agency to authorize a booster at half the dose given in the first two shots, but some in the government favor the higher dose to assure the strongest protection.

Grocers Prepare for Possible Snack Shortages as Mondelez Workers Strike

$Mondelez International Inc(MDLZ.US)$U.S. grocery stores are boosting orders of Ritz crackers and stocking up on alternatives in case a strike at Mondelez International, now stretching into its fourth week, slows the production of the crackers or cookies such as Oreos or Chips Ahoy.

GTT Communications to File for Bankruptcy

$GTT Communications, Inc.(GTTN.US)$Cloud-networking provider plans to file a pre-packaged bankruptcy after it closes the sale of its infrastructure division in the coming weeks.

Facebook's WhatsApp Fined for EU Privacy Violations

$Facebook(FB.US)$ European Union regulators fined chat service WhatsApp around $270 million for failing to tell the bloc's residents enough about what it does with their data, ramping up privacy enforcement against U.S. tech companies.

Apple to Allow Media Apps to Link to Own Websites for Payments

The company said it would allow media apps to create in-app links to sign-up pages on those companies' websites, allowing the likes of Spotify and Netflix to bypass the iPhone maker's cut of subscriptions.

FAA Examines Virgin Galactic's Flight Path

$Virgin Galactic(SPCE.US)$ Aviation regulators are investigating how the spacecraft returned to the ground after taking billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson to the edge of space.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 02, 2021 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)

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