Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Aug 8

Sovos Brands

08/08/2023 06:00

Aug 8 (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.
    
    - Tesla  TSLA.O  Chief Financial Officer Zach Kirkhorn has
stepped down after more than four years in the role. 
    
    - Paramount Global  PARA.O  said it has agreed to sell book
publisher Simon & Schuster to private-equity firm KKR  KKR.N 
for $1.62 billion in cash.
    
    - Campbell Soup  CPB.N  has agreed to acquire Sovos Brands
 SOVO.O , the parent company of food brands including Rao's
pasta sauces and noosa yogurt, in a deal valued at about $2.7
billion.
    
    - Charlie Ergen is nearing a deal to merge his major
holdings, Dish Network  DISH.O  and EchoStar  SATS.O .
        
  
        - Donald Trump's lawyers clashed with prosecutors over
how much evidence the former president should be able to access
in the federal case charging him with conspiring to overturn his
2020 election loss.
        
  
        - Representatives of Amazon.com  AMZN.O  are set to meet
next week with Federal Trade Commission officials, in the latest
sign that the agency is close to bringing an antitrust complaint
against the online retail giant.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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