PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Feb 9

Feb 9 (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.

- Post Holdings Inc agreed to pay $1.2 billion to buy multiple brands from J.M. Smucker Co in a deal that marks the food giant's entry into the pet-foods market.

- Abbott Laboratories plans to acquire medical-device company Cardiovascular Systems Inc in a deal that will boost Abbott's vascular disease offerings.

- Walt Disney Co said it plans to cut 7,000 jobs and slash $5.5 billion in costs as part of a major corporate reorganization that gives more power to the company's content executives and puts a greater emphasis on sports media at the company.

- SpaceX has taken steps to limit Ukraine's use of the company's satellite-internet connections for military purposes, a top executive at the Elon Musk-founded company said Wednesday.

- Dan Loeb's Third Point LLC has a stake in Salesforce Inc according to people familiar with the matter, the fifth known activist shareholder with a position in the software company's shares.

- ​​U.S. Senator John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke during his campaign for office last year, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after feeling lightheaded at a retreat for Senate Democrats, his office said in a statement. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)