Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - September 17
17/09/2026 05:44
Sept 17 (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.
- U.S. President Donald Trump said allowing Canada to become
an associate member of the European Union could be a "hostile
act" and threatened additional tariffs on European countries.
- ExxonMobil XOM.N is close to signing a preliminary deal
to explore investments in several Venezuelan oil fields.
- OpenAI said it would begin regularly publishing reports on
unexpected or unauthorized AI behavior, while warning that the
industry has yet to solve key alignment challenges as systems
grow more powerful.
- Harold Hamm's Continental Resources has signed a tentative
agreement with state-run Petroleos de Venezuela to explore an
undeveloped oil field in Venezuela.
- Hugo Boss BOSSn.DE has appointed Frasers FRAS.L CEO
Michael Murray as the chairman of its supervisory board.
- Databricks plans to invest more than $350 million in
Singapore over the next three years, as enterprise AI adoption
accelerates.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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