Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - February 24

Perpetual

24/02/2025 06:28

Feb 24 (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.
    
    - Australia's Perpetual  PPT.AX  on Monday said it has
terminated its support for a takeover deal with buyout firm KKR
 KKR.N  for its wealth management and corporate trust
businesses.
    - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said the
U.S. administration should offer a better deal on mineral
rights, saying the current offer demanded ruinous financial
contributions from Ukraine.
    - U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had named
conservative commentator and former Secret Service agent Dan
Bongino as deputy director of the FBI.
    - Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond
immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon
Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired,
as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes
forward.

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