Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - September 15
15/09/2025 08:00
Sept 15 (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.
- Appliance maker Whirlpool WHR.N told the U.S. government that its overseas competitors could be evading hefty tariff bills by undervaluing their imports based on federal data generated from import paperwork.
- ANZ Group ANZ.AX said it would pay penalties totaling A$240 million ($159.70 million) as part of a deal to settle five matters within its Australian Markets and Retail businesses that were the focus of a regulatory probe.
- UnitedHealth UNH.N Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hemsley recently met with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to discuss Medicare and other issues, though the government investigations did not come up in their conversation.
- J Sainsbury SBRY.L said discussions with Chinese online retailer JD.com 9618.HK to purchase its Argos home-retail business fell through.
- The gold-mining arm of China's biggest miner Zijin Mining 601899.SS is readying a public offering that could value it at about $40 billion at the top end of some estimates.
- Chinese diplomats have courted the White House for two months, hoping to lock in a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China but the U.S. is asking for concessions from China on trade and TikTok in return for a Trump visit.
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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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