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PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Dec 19

Published 2016-12-19, 12:25 a/m
© Reuters.  PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Dec 19
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Dec 19 (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.

- Fresh signs emerged Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump could embrace the intelligence community's view that the Russians were behind a computer-hacking operation aimed at influencing the November election. A senior Trump aide said Trump could accept Russia's involvement if there is a unified presentation of evidence from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies. http://on.wsj.com/2hKmBPP

- Iranian officials publicly hardened their resolve to proceed with a multibillion-dollar deal to buy dozens of Boeing (NYSE:BA) Co BA.N jets, threatening to claw back any lost money if the deal is scuttled after the inauguration of Trump. http://on.wsj.com/2hKiAup

- Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress and socialite who helped create a type of celebrity fame out of multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth and jaded wisdom about the glamorous life, has died. She was 99. http://on.wsj.com/2hKjrv5

- Walt Disney Co's DIS.N "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" hit blockbuster status with light speed at the box office this weekend, collecting an estimated $155 million in the U.S. and Canada. http://on.wsj.com/2hKmp2R

- Libya's National Oil has for now stopped the relaunch of production at oil fields in the country's west, Libyan officials said Sunday, after a militia threatened to block the petroleum from reaching the market. http://on.wsj.com/2hKduP1

- Ireland said the European Union overstepped its authority and misinterpreted Irish law when it ordered the country in August to recoup $13.59 billion in allegedly unpaid taxes from Apple AAPL.O . http://on.wsj.com/2hKhOxu

- Standard Industries STDI.NS on Sunday reached an agreement to acquire German roof maker Braas Monier Building Group SA BMSA.DE after raising its offer in a deal that now values the sale at about $1.15 billion. http://on.wsj.com/2hKiS4t

- Canada-based insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd FFH.TO has agreed to acquire Swiss peer Allied World Assurance Co AWH.N in a $4.9 billion cash-and-share deal. http://on.wsj.com/2hKlpvy

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