PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - April 24

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April 24 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.


- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday after the home goods retailer failed to secure funds to stay afloat, and has begun a liquidation sale. - Johnson & Johnson is poised to begin a roadshow to pitch shares of its consumer-healthcare business, Kenvue Inc, the producer of household names such as Tylenol, in a test for an IPO market that has been in the doldrums for the past year.


- General Motors Co has issued a recall for some of its Chevrolet Silverado trucks after discovering a potential brake-fluid leak that could result in a fire.



- President Biden is expected to announce his re-election campaign this week, and has picked Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior adviser at the White House and deputy campaign manager of his 2020 presidential campaign.


- The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday.


- Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arrived in his home country on Sunday morning after being extradited from the U.S. to face graft charges stemming from one of Latin America's largest-ever corruption scandals.




(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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