April 3 (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.

- Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump

and White House officials to agree to a settlement that would

prevent Meta Platforms ( META ) from facing an antitrust trial

later this month.

- Mobile technology company AppLovin ( APP ) has made a bid

for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing

it.

- Siemens has agreed to acquire Dotmatics for

$5.1 billion, a combination the companies said would use

artificial intelligence to speed up development cycles and help

make breakthroughs in the life-sciences space.

- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put on hold a lawsuit

against pharmacy-benefit manager (PBM) units of UnitedHealth ( UNH )

, Cigna ( CI ) and CVS Health ( CVS ) over insulin prices

after the Trump administration fired two of the agency's

commissioners.

- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has missed the

deadline for making a key decision regarding a COVID-19 vaccine

from Novavax ( NVAX ), days after the Food and Drug

Administration's vaccine chief was pushed out.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)