PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Dec 31
Dec 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.
- The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq separately plan to close their markets on Jan. 9 to mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
- Britain's antitrust watchdog said it was considering whether International Business Machines' IBM.N planned $6.4 billion takeover of HashiCorp HCP.O would affect competition.
- The Treasury Department told lawmakers that a state-sponsored actor in China hacked its systems, accessing several user workstations and certain unclassified documents.
- President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson for another term.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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