Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - April 24

Spirit Aviation Holdings

24/04/2026 06:40

April 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.

- Investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Inc. PSUS.N plans to offer up to 33.12 million shares in its initial public offering, at an expected price of $50 per share.

- Nike NKE.N will reduce its workforce by some 1,400 workers, or about 2%, as part of the company’s plan to simplify the complexity in its global operations.

- U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. government could take over Spirit Airlines, an ailing budget carrier, to save jobs and the airline.

- U.S. Federal authorities charged a U.S. Army soldier who took part in the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro with using classified information to reap more than $400,000 from bets on the former Venezuelan leader’s ouster.

 - An emergency responder in the firetruck involved in a fatal crash at LaGuardia Airport last month heard an air traffic controller’s calls to stop crossing an active runway, but didn’t know the transmission was intended for his truck, according to a preliminary safety investigation report.

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