Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - June 13

Nextier Oilfield Solutions

13/06/2023 08:26

June 13 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the
Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    - European Union antitrust regulators are considering
pursuing a breakup of advertising-technology business of
Alphabet Inc's  GOOGL.O  Google as part of a new antitrust
complaint. 
    
    - NexTier Oilfield Solutions  NEX.N  and Patterson-UTI
Energy  PTEN.O  are holding talks over a possible merger that
would create a bigger player in the oil-field-services industry.
    
    - Netflix  NFLX.O  is in talks to livestream a celebrity
golf tournament featuring professional golfers and Formula One
drivers. 
    
    - Instant Brands, the maker of Pyrex kitchenware, filed for
bankruptcy on Monday after succumbing to financial headwinds
made worse as consumers slowed their discretionary spending to
cope with inflation.
        
  
        - Scores of Reddit communities locked out their users on
Monday, protesting the social-media platform's recent decision
to start charging some third-party developers fees to obtain its
data.
        
  
        - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday asked a
federal court to prevent Microsoft  MSFT.O  from closing its $75
billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard  ATVI.O  while the
agency carries out a separate process to block the deal. 
        
  
        
  

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