PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Feb 9

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Feb 9 (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.

- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors including the United Arab Emirates government to raise funds as much as $5 trillion to $7 trillion for a wildly ambitious tech initiative, according to people familiar with the matter.

- Expedia Group on Thursday named Ariane Gorin as its next chief executive, effective May 13.

- Spirit Airlines is working with advisers to address its debt maturities after a proposed acquisition by JetBlue Airways was blocked last month, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

- The Federal Communications Commission has outlawed unsolicited robocalls with voices generated by artificial intelligence amid growing concerns the technology can be used to deceive or mislead people.

- Unilever reported that its sales volumes grew for the first time in two years, and margins improved as its new turnaround plans advance, placing it among the FTSE 100 blue-chip index top performers on Thursday.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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