Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - December 15

iRobot

15/12/2025 07:35

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.

- iRobot IRBT.O, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying that it would go private after being bought by Picea Robotics, its primary manufacturer.

- SolGold SOLG.L said it was "minded to recommend" an improved offer from its top shareholder, Jiangxi Copper 600362.SS, that values the gold and copper miner at about 842 million pounds ($1.12 billion), amid a global race for copper assets.

- SpaceX executives are starting the process to select Wall Street bankers to advise it on its initial public offering.

- A Hong Kong court convicted media tycoon Jimmy Lai of violating the Chinese territory's national-security law, a ruling that could force the 78-year-old mainstay of the city's battered pro-democracy movement to spend the rest of his life in prison.

    - Sanofi SASY.PA said a U.S. regulatory decision on its tolebrutinib experimental treatment for a type of multiple sclerosis would be delayed again, and that a late-stage trial for a different form of the disease didn’t hit its main goal.

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