PRESS DIGEST -Wall Street Journal - Aug 14
Aug 14 (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.
- U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to red lines for the coming talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and said he hoped to follow up quickly with a trilateral summit with the two warring leaders.
- Tesla TSLA.O is taking early steps to bring its robotaxis to New York City just weeks after competitor Waymo announced its own plans to test autonomous vehicles in the Big Apple.
- Walmart WMT.N said, effective immediately, that it was extending its 10% employee discount to include nearly all grocery purchases at its stores and online — its latest effort to better recruit and retain workers.
- The U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to set first-ever requirements on how companies account for environmental credits such as renewable-energy certificates and carbon offsets, while dialing back the extent of disclosures it had proposed last year.
- U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order that aims to speed up rocket launching and opens the door to more spaceport developments.
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