Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Dec 15

Healius

15/12/2023 05:43

Dec 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.
    
    - European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks
with Ukraine even as it continues to fight Russia's invasion,
but they could not agree on a 50 billion euro package of
financial aid for Kyiv due to opposition from Hungary.
    
    - Freepoint Commodities agreed to pay more than $98 million
to settle allegations it conspired to bribe Brazilian officials
to secure business from state-owned oil company Petroleo
Brasileiro, or Petrobras  PETR4.SA .
    
    - RTX  RTX.N  named Christopher Calio as its next chief
executive, picking an insider to steer one of the world’s
largest aerospace and defense companies as it manages a costly
recall of jet engines and surging demand from both military and
commercial customers. 
    
    - Two units of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies,
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust  BSTT.PK , Canada Pension
Plan Investment Board and funds affiliated with Rialto Capital
on Thursday entered a newly formed joint venture with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
        
  
        - Australian Clinical Labs  ACL.AX  withdrew its
takeover offer for Healius  HLS.AX , citing the deteriorating
performance of its pathology services rival rather than
opposition from Australia’s competition regulator.
        
  
        - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan
pressed Israeli leaders to shift from a reliance on airstrikes
and ground assaults in Gaza toward targeted military operations
and warned that a protracted conflict would make the Palestinian
territory harder to govern after the war.
        
  
        
  

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