Jan 22 (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.

-President Donald Trump is using the threat of imposing

stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as soon as next

week to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a

continental trade deal.

-Tech giants including SoftBank Group and Microsoft ( MSFT )

backed OpenAI are pledging to invest as much as $500

billion into building artificial intelligence (AI)

infrastructure in the U.S.

- Masimo ( MASI ) appointed Katie Szyman as its next chief

executive officer after a proxy fight forced out the company's

founder.

-Italy's Generali and the owner of France's

Natixis are set to combine their asset management operations to

create a European giant overlooking 1.9 trillion euros ($1.98

trillion) in assets.

- Malaysian conglomerate Sunway plans to start

the initial public offering process for its hospital assets

early next month, which would value the healthcare business at

over $4 billion.

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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)