Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - July 21

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21/07/2026 07:02

July 21 (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 imposed an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods including wine, hockey sticks and cement, with the tariffs due to take effect 30 days after signing and affect about $20 billion worth of goods.

- Paramount Skydance PSKY.O must pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery  WBD.O through August 3, a federal judge ruled after a California-led coalition of states argued the merger would irreparably harm competition. 
    
- BlackRock BLK.N is leading a debt sale targeting at least $12 billion for its new El Paso data-center project backed by Meta Platforms META.O.

- Activist investor Carl Icahn's company Icahn Enterprises IEP.O inked a deal to sell auto-service chain Pep Boys to private-equity owned Mavis Tire Express Services for about $700 million.

- U.S. President Donald Trump said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be arrested in the country, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would explore whether he could be taken into custody by local authorities.
 
     
 
 

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