Wall Street Journal - July 15

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

- Google parent Alphabet GOOG is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion.

- Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman formally threw their support behind Donald Trump in the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt, endorsing him for president in the upcoming U.S. election.

- WH Group 288, the world's largest pork-producing company by sales, said Sunday it plans to float Smithfield's business in the U.S. and Mexico on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq.

- Global smartphone shipments by Apple AAPL and Samsung Electronics 005930 rose in the second quarter, according to research firm International Data Corp's data on Monday.

- American actor Shannen Doherty, best known for her role as high school student Brenda Walsh on the hit 1990s television drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," has died at age 53 following a years-long battle with cancer.

- Sweeping changes to Delaware corporate law could give more power to influential shareholders, letting them make more deals on behalf of the company without board oversight.