June 27 (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.
- Group Black is in talks to buy a majority stake in the
publisher of Sports Illustrated, according to people familiar
with the matter, its latest attempt to expand the ad inventory
it can sell to marketers interested in Black-owned media.
- Robinhood Markets HOOD.O is cutting about 7% of its
full-time staff, the online brokerage's third round of
layoffs in just over a year as the company adjusts to a slowdown
in customer trading activity.
- Jesse Watters will succeed ousted star anchor Tucker
Carlson as the host of Fox News's 8 p.m. hour, one of several
prime-time changes made by a network that has faced ratings
pressure since Carlson's departure.
- UnitedHealth Group UNH.N will acquire Amedisys AMED.O
for $101 a share, or nearly $3.29 billion, upending a prior deal
for the home-health provider to combine with Option Care
Health OPCH.O .
- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear appeal
filed by Apple AAPL.O and Broadcom AVGO.O in a
billion-dollar patent case brought by the California Institute
of Technology.
- FTX Chief Executive John J. Ray III released a report
that alleged an unnamed senior lawyer assisted the crypto
exchange's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, in misusing customer
deposits.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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