Aug 16 (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.
- President Donald Trump, in a combative news conference, said "both sides" were to blame in violent weekend clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, a day after putting the responsibility squarely on white nationalists. http://on.wsj.com/2w0gQqA
- Cohu Inc, which tests semiconductors, wants to persuade the United States Committee on Foreign Investment that the proposed sale of Xcerra Corp to a Chinese state-backed fund would threaten national security. http://on.wsj.com/2w0GZWk
- President Donald Trump's response to the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has sparked soul-searching in U.S. corporate boardrooms over whether they should keep working closely with the White House. http://on.wsj.com/2w0dQL3
- Uber agreed to two decades of audits as part of a settlement with the federal government over allegations that the company didn't have sufficient data-privacy protections for its users. http://on.wsj.com/2w0oiSr
- Premiums for middle-priced plans on Affordable Care Act's individual market would climb by 20 percent in 2018 if the government halted payments to insurers under the health law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated. http://on.wsj.com/2w02NkT
- Evangelical conservative Roy Moore was leading in a special Senate election Tuesday, out-polling Senator Luther Strange despite support for the incumbent from President Donald Trump and the GOP establishment in Washington. http://on.wsj.com/2w09SSt (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)