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For personal non-commercial use only. Do not edit or alter. Reproductions not permitted. To reprint or license content, please contact our reprints and licensing department at +1 800-843-0008 or www.djreprints.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016 ~ VOL. XXXIV NO. 204 WSJ.com EUROPE EDITION DJIA 18923.06 À 0.29% NASDAQ 5275.62 À 1.10% NIKKEI 17668.15 g 0.03% STOXX 600 339.16 À 0.27% BRENT 46.95 À 5.67% GOLD 1224.00 À 0.23% EURO 1.0726 g 0.10% What’s Moscow Resumes Fire in Besieged Syria Shake-Up News Slows Trump Business&Finance Transition ocial-media firms are Sbeing forced to confront misinformation and hate speech on their sites amid Process continuing complaints. A1 Land Securities swung BY DAMIAN PALETTA to a loss on a post-Brexit AND CAROL E. LEE drop in U.K. property val- ues, while London office WASHINGTON—Former construction has slowed. 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Big banks are be intense, with the winning Vodafone said it remains the populist who railed against Speaker............................................................. A6 heartened by the prospects of a regu- nominee and staff members, on track to meet its full- elites, global trade and unchecked Giuliani seen as top pick for latory retreat, but are concerned often exhausted from months year goals despite posting a immigration, and the more tradi- secretary of state...................................... A6 about attacks over their size. Media of campaigning, forced to wider first-half loss. B3 tional Republican who promised to and telecommunications giants want make pivotal decisions just temper the regulatory state and Republicans to pump the brakes on weeks before the Jan. 20 inau- GE said it would buy a pair overhaul the tax code. tion with investor bets on new infra- rules governing internet traffic, but guration. 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The Trump transition team solidated, pushing out the dustrial Average since the Nov. 8 elec- ture clears. Please see TRUMP page A8 Please see TEAM page A8 ex-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. A1 Trump will begin his INSIDE presidency with more poten- Russia Ousts Minister tial conflicts of interest and less financial transparency than his predecessors. A6 Former New York Mayor Detained in Bribery Case Giuliani is the leading candi- date to be Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. A6 BY LAURA MILLS During the court hearing, cies that the president had Mr. Ulyukayev denied the been “informed at the moment House Republicans nom- MOSCOW—Russian Presi- charges but said he was ready the operation began.” He inated Ryan for his first full dent Vladimir Putin dismissed to cooperate with the investi- wouldn’t specify when the term as speaker in a show of Economy Minister Alexey Uly- gation. “I am determined to president had become in- unity after the GOP win. A6 ukayev for “breach of trust,” cooperate as much as possible volved, saying only that it was House Minority Leader the Kremlin said on Tuesday, with the investigation, it is in “a certain, significant amount Pelosi delayed a vote for after a Moscow court placed my objective interests because of time.” Democratic caucus leaders the economist and technocrat I want to save my reputation The 60-year-old Mr. Ulyu- until after Thanksgiving. A6 WILFREDO LEE/ASSOCIATED PRESS RAJAT GUPTA/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY under house arrest on bribery and my good name,” Mr. Ulyu- kayev served in the finance Putin dismissed Rus- charges. kayev said. ministry and in Russia’s cen- sia’s economy minister af- CURRENCY THE JOB Russia’s Investigative Com- Mr. Ulyukayev’s arrest was tral bank before becoming ter a court placed the offi- SWITCH INTERVIEW mittee said Mr. Ulyukayev had the highest-profile detention economy minister in 2013. His cial under house arrest on been detained late Monday and of a sitting government offi- detention set political observ- bribery charges. A1 PINCHES INDIA DO-OVER was accused of accepting a cial since Mr. Putin came to ers abuzz. bribe of $2 million for the pri- power in 2000. Speculation has centered on Syrian rebels and re- vatization of a midsize oil Kremlin spokesman Dmitry whether the Kremlin is plan- gime forces in Aleppo are WORLD, A5 LIFE & ARTS, A9 company in October. Peskov told state news agen- Please see RUSSIA page A4 massing along a 5-mile- long front line as they gird for intensified battles. A3 Russia resumed large- Cash Haven Finds Social Media scale airstrikes around Syria, which the U.S. and its allies fear could lead to a devastat- Confronts UNDER ARMOUR ing assault on Aleppo. A3 Clients Turn Wary IS LIVE. 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