March 19 (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.

- Alphabet will buy fast-growing startup Wiz for

about $32 billion in its biggest deal, as it doubles down on

cybersecurity to sharpen its edge in the cloud-computing race

against Amazon.com ( AMZN ) and Microsoft ( MSFT ).

- Tesla received the first in a series of approvals

from California required for the electric car maker to

eventually launch a promised robotaxi service in the state,

according to California Public Utilities Commission, state

regulator.

- A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. military from

enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order barring

transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20

current and would-be service members challenging the measure

goes forward.

- Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S.

Federal Trade Commission, in another major test of the

independence of regulatory agencies.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)