Feb 6 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the
Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Newmont Corp has made a roughly $17 billion offer
to acquire Australia's Newcrest Mining Ltd aiming to
seal one of the biggest deals for a global gold miner as the
industry struggles to make large new discoveries of the precious
metal.
- Public Storage has made an $11 billion unsolicited
offer for Life Storage Inc , ramping up an effort to buy
its smaller rival after an earlier bid was rejected.
- China's vice foreign minister lodged strong criticism of
the U.S. decision to shoot down a suspected surveillance balloon
over the weekend, calling it an indiscriminate use of force that
would further damage U.S.-China relations.
- Carlyle Group Inc plans to name investment-banking
veteran Harvey Schwartz its new chief executive, according to
people familiar with the matter, as the private-equity firm's
founders seek a fresh start after a botched succession plan.
- Southwest Airlines Co and FedEx Corp planes came within a thousand feet of each other Saturday
morning near a runway at the Austin, Texas, airport, a close
call that air-safety officials are investigating.
- A judge has made public his decision that allowed Meta
Platforms Inc to acquire a virtual-reality startup,
providing new details on why he ruled against the Federal Trade
Commission in its high-profile antitrust case against the
Facebook parent company.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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