Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Jan 22
22/01/2025 06:39
Jan 22 (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.
-President Donald Trump is using the threat of imposing
stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as soon as next
week to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a
continental trade deal.
-Tech giants including SoftBank Group 9984.T and Microsoft
MSFT.O backed OpenAI are pledging to invest as much as $500
billion into building artificial intelligence (AI)
infrastructure in the U.S.
- Masimo MASI.O appointed Katie Szyman as its next chief
executive officer after a proxy fight forced out the company's
founder.
-Italy's Generali GASI.MI and the owner of France's
Natixis are set to combine their asset management operations to
create a European giant overlooking 1.9 trillion euros ($1.98
trillion) in assets.
- Malaysian conglomerate Sunway SWAY.KL plans to start
the initial public offering process for its hospital assets
early next month, which would value the healthcare business at
over $4 billion.
($1 = 0.9605 euros)
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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