PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Feb 15

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Feb 15 (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.

- Still-elevated U.S. inflation cooled slightly at the start of 2023 to 6.4% in January from a year earlier, with energy, housing, food and other items keeping some pressure on prices.

- Air India Ltd ordered 470 jets from Boeing Co and Airbus marking the largest deal for commercial aircraft in aviation history and coming as airlines scramble for jets to meet surging demand for air travel.

- Tesla Inc workers in Buffalo, N.Y., have launched a campaign to form the electric-vehicle maker's first union in the U.S.

- Ford Motor Co has halted production and shipments of its F-150 Lightning to address a potential battery issue, a setback in the company's efforts to ramp up output of the electric pickup truck.

- U.S. air-safety regulators summoned U.S. aviation industry officials to a safety meeting in March to address several recent close calls that endangered the lives of passengers and flight crews.

- Business tycoon Elon Musk donated roughly $1.9 billion of Tesla Inc to charity last year, according to a U.S. SEC filing showed on Tuesday. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)