Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - July 30

Lockheed Martin

30/07/2026 06:43

July 30 (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.
     
-American forces carried out strikes against Iran on Wednesday night, in what the U.S. military called a “powerful response” to Iran’s missile attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan.
     
-The Pentagon earmarked more than $120 billion for contractors to step up production of Patriot missiles and long-delayed submarines, with Patriot contract with missile maker Lockheed Martin LMT.N now valued at nearly $59 billion.
     
-Brookfield Asset Management BAM.N and power company NextEra Energy NEE.N are teaming to build a $100 billion AI data center on the Energy Department’s Paducah site in western Kentucky.
     
-Professional services adviser CBIZ CBZ.N has agreed to be taken private by tax and advisory services provider Grant Thornton Advisors for more than $3 billion in cash.

-Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N reached a strategic agreement with Sail Biomedicines to advance its immune-mediated disease program, having been granted an exclusive option to acquire Sail for $2.58 billion.

-U.S. Judge Zahid Quraishi dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to force New Jersey to hand over its unredacted voter rolls.

-Starbucks SBUX.O is speeding up U.S. service times through increased cafe labor and an order scheduling algorithm, with U.S. stores nearly all fully staffed, with more than 98% of scheduled shifts filled.
 
 

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