Jan 28 (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.
- Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin pleaded guilty in Manhattan
federal court Monday and agreed to pay nearly $300 million to
settle allegations it operated as an unlicensed
money-transmitting business in the U.S.
- Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia voted to
form a union, the first time employees of the Amazon AMZN.O
-owned grocer have organized in decades.
- Late Apex Partners, whose funds currently own shares in
Vail Resorts MTN.N said in a letter that Vail's performance
over the last five years has been unacceptable and called for
the ouster of Chief Executive Kirsten Lynch, Chief Financial
Officer Angela Korch and Executive Chairman Rob Katz.
- Trump administration order pausing almost all foreign aid
has left counterterrorism training in Somalia, HIV treatment in
Uganda, narcotics interdiction in Colombia, prosthetics for
refugees from Myanmar, and many more U.S.-funded overseas
assistance programs in sudden limbo.
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City reached a tentative
four-year collective bargaining agreement with Unifor, in a deal
covering about 1,200 employees.
- McDonald's MCD.N is promoting Alyssa Buetikofer, the
chief marketing officer of its Canadian business, to lead its
marketing efforts in the U.S. as Tariq Hassan, the burger
chain's U.S. chief marketing and customer experience officer,
steps down after three years.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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