Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Oct 3

Sculptor Capital Management

03/10/2023 06:12

Oct 3 (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.
    
    - Meta Platforms  META.O  is exploring a plan that could
make users in the European Union shell out as much as $14 to
access ad-free versions of Instagram or Facebook or agree to
personalized ads for the free versions.
    
    - Ford Motor  F.N  and General Motors  GM.N  have laid off
an additional 500 workers combined, knock-on effects from the
United Auto Workers' ongoing strike. 
    
    - Boaz Weinstein and his group of high-profile investors
have sweetened their offer for hedge fund firm Sculptor Capital
Management  SCU.N . 
    
    - Google  GOOGL.O  has used unfair tactics to hobble
Microsoft's  MSFT.O  Bing search engine, Microsoft Chief
Executive Satya Nadella said on the witness stand on Monday in
the landmark U.S. antitrust case against Google.
        
  
        - Republican Representative Matt Gaetz on Monday moved
to oust fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives, injecting an additional element of
chaos into an already tumultuous Congress.
        
  
        
  

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