PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Jan 22

Jan 22 (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. -President Donald Trump is using the threat of imposing stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as soon as next week to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a continental trade deal. -Tech giants including SoftBank Group 9984.T and Microsoft MSFT.O backed OpenAI are pledging to invest as much as $500 billion into building artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the U.S. - Masimo MASI.O appointed Katie Szyman as its next chief executive officer after a proxy fight forced out the company's founder. -Italy's Generali GASI.MI and the owner of France's Natixis are set to combine their asset management operations to create a European giant overlooking 1.9 trillion euros ($1.98 trillion) in assets. - Malaysian conglomerate Sunway SWAY.KL plans to start the initial public offering process for its hospital assets early next month, which would value the healthcare business at over $4 billion. ($1 = 0.9605 euros) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) (([email protected]))