PRESS DIGEST -Wall Street Journal - October 27
Oct 27 (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.
- Bank of America BAC.N Blackstone BX.N , Citi C.N and Morgan Stanley MS.N will provide $63 billion in financing to buy Broadcom's AVGO.O AI chips and networking gear for Anthropic, in one of the largest debt deals tied to the AI buildout.
- DoorDash DASH.O is in advanced talks to acquire Instacart CART.O in a deal that could value the grocery-delivery platform at about $17 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Ben & Jerry's founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are exploring a deal to separate their brand from its current owner.
-Surgery Partners SGRY.O said it would be taken private by HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of nonprofit hospital system Bon Secours Mercy Health, in a deal valued at about $5.7 billion including debt, sending its shares up 46%.
- A federal appeals court Monday rejected a Trump administration request to immediately require California to set aside mail-in ballots it receives from 20,000 people the federal government says might not be US citizens.