Oct 7 (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.

- Paramount said on Monday that it is buying The

Free Press in a deal valued at $150 million and is appointing

Bari Weiss, one of its founders, as the editor-in-chief of CBS

News.

- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an emergency

request from Google to prevent it from being forced to

make a series of changes to its Play app store, effectively

opening it up to competition.

- Verizon named Dan Schulman, a former chief

executive of PayPal ( PYPL ), as its new boss on Monday,

replacing Hans Vestberg, who had led the company since 2018.

- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has tapped the leader of

the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, to also

oversee the day-to-day operations of the Internal Revenue

Service in a new "chief executive officer" role at the tax

agency.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)