Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Dec 19

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

19/12/2022 06:05

Dec 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in
the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories
and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    - Defense firm L3Harris Technologies Inc.  LHX.N  said it
agreed to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.  AJRD.N  in a
$4.7 billion deal that would cement L3Harris's role as one of
six prime defense contractors for the Pentagon.
    - Toyota Motor Corp.  7203.T  President Akio Toyoda said he
is among the auto industry's silent majority in questioning
whether electric vehicles should be pursued exclusively.
    - Elon Musk asked Twitter users to vote Sunday on whether he
should step down as head of the social-media platform and
pledged to abide by the results. 
    - Twitter Inc. said it would no longer allow "free promotion
of certain social media platforms" like Meta Platforms Inc's
 META.O  Facebook and Instagram, Mastodon etc. on its sites, the
latest change to its content-moderation rules.
        - FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is planning to
consent to extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges
related to the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse.
        - North Korea launched two ballistic missiles towards
the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast on Sunday.  
 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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