PRESS DIGEST -Wall Street Journal - May 21

Wendy's Company
Intuit Inc.
Equity Residential
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Wendy's Company

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Intuit Inc.

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Equity Residential

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AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

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- The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Intuit INTU.O plans to lay off 17% of its workforce to invest savings into artificial intelligence and improve efficiency.

- Robert Wright will return to Wendy’s WEN.O as chief executive officer, effective Thursday, to reverse a slump in U.S. sales.

- Two major apartment owners, AvalonBay Communities AVB.N and Equity Residential EQR.N, are nearing a deal to combine.

- SpaceX said in an SEC filing it may launch a stock sale as early as next month, potentially raising $80 billion or more.

- James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems agreed to buy Vox Media’s New York magazine, Vox news site, and podcast division for about $300 million.