Yahoo Finance PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - April 8
April 8 (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.
- Australian glove maker Ansell Ltd said on Monday it will buy the personal protective equipment unit of U.S.-based Kimberly-Clark for $640 million, and expects to complete the acquisition in the first quarter of financial year 2025.
- Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts, and he called on Sunday for the judge's resignation.
- Union workers who staff U.S. Steel's last production sites in the region of what was once America's Steel City are opposing Nippon Steel's planned takeover of the company.
- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign said a major fundraiser in Florida on Saturday raked in a massive $50.5 million as the former president seeks to replenish diminished coffers in his rematch against Democrat Joe Biden.
- A ticket sold in Oregon has won Powerball jackpot of more than $1.3 billion, the eighth largest in U.S. history.
- Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged to bring up Ukraine aid for a vote in the House soon after Congress returns from Easter recess in coming days.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
