Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - August 31

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31/08/2026 06:42

Aug 31 (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.
     
- Aon Plc AON.N is close to an agreement to acquire insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR KKR.N for about $17 billion, including debt.
     
- OpenAI was issued warrants worth an estimated $5.5 billion in SB Energy — a company it previously invested in, according to draft IPO documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
     
- U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
     
- Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed, as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.
 
  

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