Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Jan. 29

Mcgrath Rentcorp

29/01/2024 06:13

Jan 29 (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.
    
    - Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings  WSC.O  is nearing a $3
billion-plus deal to acquire McGrath RentCorp  MGRC.O ; in a bet
on the growing appetite for portable buildings and storage
containers. 
    
    - Property developer China Evergrande Group  3333.HK  has
been ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court, bringing an end
to the yearslong saga of a company whose default rippled through
the world's second-largest economy.
    
    - Three U.S. service members were killed and at least 34
were injured in an Iran-backed militia's drone strike on a base
in northeast Jordan, U.S. officials said, marking the first
American troops killed in hostile action since the start of the
Hamas-Israeli conflict in Gaza.
    
    - U.S. Senate negotiators defended their emerging
border-crackdown proposal amid heavy skepticism from some
Republicans, with the text of the proposal expected out soon.

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