Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Jan 31

Waste Management

31/01/2025 06:15

Jan 31 (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.
    
    - OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $40 billion in a
funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker as high as $300
billion.
    
    - Waste Management  WM.N  will shed 1,000 jobs this year,
accelerating its automation efforts, which will reduce its
headcount by thousands and move the company closer to its goal
of $450 million in cost cuts.
    
    - Allstate  ALL.N  will sell its Group Health business to
Nationwide for $1.25 billion in cash.
    
    - Amazon  AMZN.O  is ramping up ad spending on Elon Musk's
X, a major shift after pulling much of its advertising more than
a year ago.
        
  
        - U.S. President Trump's advisers are considering
several offramps to avoid enacting the universal tariffs on
Mexico and Canada that he had pledged.
        
  
        - A midair collision between an American Airlines
 AAL.O  flight and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River
killed all 67 people on the two aircraft, officials said
Thursday, leaving investigators to piece together what caused
the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in 23 years.
        
  
        
  

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