Jan 6 (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.

- Private-equity firms KKR KKR.N and Warburg Pincus are among the bidders vying to acquire TPG’s TPG.O Southeast Asia school business, which could be valued at up to $2 billion

- Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev ABI.BR said it agreed to repurchase a minority stake in its U.S.-based metal container plants for around $3 billion.

- Philippines' Jollibee Foods JFC.PS plans to spin off its international business and list it in the U.S. by late 2027.

- Nvidia NVDA.O Chief Executive Jensen Huang unveiled the company's newest AI server systems, known as Vera Rubin, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which go on sale in the second half of this year.

- Steel Dynamics STLD.O partnered with SGH SGH.AX on an $8.8 billion bid for BlueScope Steel BSL.AX, aiming to acquire its North American assets.

- The Trump administration said it was expanding its freeze on social-services funding to California, Colorado, Illinois and New York over fraud concerns.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))