PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - Oct 6

Oct 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- In the weeks before billionaire Elon Musk declared that his bid to own Twitter Inc was back on the table, his representatives spoke with the company several times about redoing the deal at a lower price, four people familiar with the discussions said. https://nyti.ms/3Ei2JQh

- Joe Sullivan, the former Uber Technologies Inc security chief, was found guilty on Wednesday by a jury in federal court on charges that he did not disclose a breach of customer and driver records to government regulators. https://nyti.ms/3V4GmDH

- Saudi Arabia and Russia, acting as leaders of the OPEC+ energy cartel, agreed on Wednesday to their first large production cut in more than two years in a bid to raise prices, countering efforts by the United States and Europe to choke off the enormous revenue that Moscow reaps from the sale of crude. https://nyti.ms/3RzWUAJ

- A federal appeals court panel ruled on Wednesday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, a program that protects nearly 600,000 young immigrants from deportation, is illegal but allowed those already enrolled to renew their status. https://nyti.ms/3CjN3cK

- American officials are intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercises by the Chinese military around the island, according to current and former officials. https://nyti.ms/3rxrBMc (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)