Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Dec 19

Standard Industries

19/12/2016 05:25

Dec 19 (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. 
     
    - Fresh signs emerged Sunday that President-elect Donald 
Trump could embrace the intelligence community's view that the 
Russians were behind a computer-hacking operation aimed at 
influencing the November election. A senior Trump aide said 
Trump could accept Russia's involvement if there is a unified 
presentation of evidence from the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other agencies. http://on.wsj.com/2hKmBPP 
     
    - Iranian officials publicly hardened their resolve to 
proceed with a multibillion-dollar deal to buy dozens of Boeing 
Co  BA.N  jets, threatening to claw back any lost money if the 
deal is scuttled after the inauguration of Trump. http://on.wsj.com/2hKiAup 
     
    - Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress and 
socialite who helped create a type of celebrity fame out of 
multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth and jaded wisdom about 
the glamorous life, has died. She was 99. http://on.wsj.com/2hKjrv5 
     
     - Walt Disney Co's  DIS.N  "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" 
hit blockbuster status with light speed at the box office this 
weekend, collecting an estimated $155 million in the U.S. and 
Canada. http://on.wsj.com/2hKmp2R 
     
    - Libya's National Oil has for now stopped the relaunch of 
production at oil fields in the country's west, Libyan officials 
said Sunday, after a militia threatened to block the petroleum 
from reaching the market. http://on.wsj.com/2hKduP1 
     
    - Ireland said the European Union overstepped its authority 
and misinterpreted Irish law when it ordered the country in 
August to recoup $13.59 billion in allegedly unpaid taxes from 
Apple  AAPL.O . http://on.wsj.com/2hKhOxu 
     
    - Standard Industries  STDI.NS  on Sunday reached an 
agreement to acquire German roof maker Braas Monier Building 
Group SA  BMSA.DE  after raising its offer in a deal that now 
values the sale at about $1.15 billion. http://on.wsj.com/2hKiS4t 
     
    - Canada-based insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 
 FFH.TO  has agreed to acquire Swiss peer Allied World Assurance 
Co  AWH.N  in a $4.9 billion cash-and-share deal. http://on.wsj.com/2hKlpvy 
      
 
 (Compiled by Parikshit Mishra in Bengaluru) 
 ((Parikshit.Mishra@thomsonreuters.com; +91 80 6749 6026;)) 
 
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