Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - April 15
15/04/2024 08:11
April 15 (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.
- General Electric GE.N sold Crotonville, a training
ground for its managers, for $22 million to an entity made up of
real-estate investors and family offices.
- Samsung Electronics 005930.KS has overtaken Apple
AAPL.O as the top smartphone provider in the first quarter,
while Chinese companies took a bigger slice of the global
market.
- Global buyout firm CVC Capital Partners is set to kick off
a planned Amsterdam share sale, targeting a valuation of up to
$16 billion in the latest sign of a pickup in initial public
offerings.
- BNP Paribas BNPP.PA is buying Fosun International's
0656.HK 9% shareholding in Belgium insurer Ageas AGES.BR
through its insurance subsidiary BNP Paribas Cardif for 730
million euros ($777.89 million).
- The US Justice Department is under growing pressure to
reach a plea deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after
the government of Australia asked the U.S. if it could reach a
felony plea deal with Assange that could result in his return
home.
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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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