Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - September 16

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16/09/2026 05:30

Sept 16 (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.
     
- OpenAI has recently held discussions with large investors about a fresh capital raise that would increase the ChatGPT maker's valuation to about $1.2 trillion before it goes public.
     
- The United States is pressuring Mexico to accept new rules for exports of AI hardware to prevent Chinese companies and other foreign firms from circumventing tariffs.
     
- Brookfield Asset Management BAM.N agreed to acquire Australia's Reliance Worldwide in an all-cash deal that values the plumbing-supplies manufacturer at US$2.9 billion.
     
- Singapore's Grab  GRAB.O said it would acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Atome Financial in a deal that could ultimately value the target at up to $4.5 billion.
     
 
 - Amazon Web Services cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in Bahrain and one of three data-hosting zones in the United Arab Emirates following damage during the Iran war.
     
 
 - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tesla  TSLA.O must answer a series of questions by September 30 on whether it properly self-certified its autonomous Cybercab robotaxi as part of the government's investigation.
 
 

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