generic PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Nov 2
Nov 2 (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.
- Twitter Inc will charge $8 a month for its Blue service, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, new boss Elon Musk said on Tuesday as he seeks to boost subscriptions and make the social media network less reliant on ads.
- Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it struck a deal to buy heart pump maker Abiomed Inc for $16.6 billion in cash, as it looks to boost growth in its medical devices unit after next year's planned spinoff of the consumer health business
- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a U.S. House of Representatives committee from gaining access to former President Donald Trump's tax returns, effectively pausing the fight over a request from lawmakers that he claims is politically motivated.
- E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it will make more ad-free music and podcasts available to its Prime members.
- The United Arab Emirates sent its national security adviser to Riyadh in September on a secret mission to dissuade Saudi Arabia's crown prince from pushing an oil-production cut that would anger the U.S. and risk painting oil producers as Russian allies.
- Former CNN President Jeff Zucker is in talks with private-equity firm RedBird Capital Partners to run a roughly $1 billion fund investing in sports and media. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
