1、* THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 VOL. CCLXXIII NO. 102 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 DJIA 26430.14 g 162.77 0.6% NASDAQ 8049.64 g 0.6% STOXX600 391.09 g 0.1% 10-YR.TREAS. g 2/32, yield 2.511% OIL $63.60 g $0.31 GOLD $1,281.40 g $1.40 EURO $1.1195 YEN 111.38 Bramson has a home and raises horses. The fight over the futur
2、e of Barclays will help deter- mine whether any of Eu- ropes banks can retain global ambitions. For centuries, the U.K. was synonymous with interna- tional banking, and London was the first stop for compa- nies and governments look- ing to raise money. Then its banks ventured overseas to grab a grea
3、ter share of lend- ing and trading, bringing some of them close to death during the financial crisis a decade ago. Today, U.S. banks domi- nate fundraising and trading, buoyed by healthier balance sheets and robust American capital markets. Mr. Staley has a vision for Barclays, which absorbed much o
4、f Lehman Brothers af- ter its collapse. He wants it to become a compact version PleaseturntopageA10 Jes Staley runs one of the last full-service banks left in Europe that compete with Wall Street. The way the 62- year-old American banker sees it, his restructuring of U.K.-based Barclays PLC has prim
5、ed it to take on the likes of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. British-born investor Ed- ward Bramson couldnt agree less, and his New York firm has bought a sizable stake in Barclays. He is trying to force the bank to scale back its Wall Street ambitions, to be- come a consumer and com-
6、mercial lender with smaller investment-banking opera- tions. So far, Mr. Staley, the chief executive, is having none of it. “He wants us to retreat into a foxhole? He should go back to Connecticut,” Mr. Staley has told colleagues, re- ferring to the state where Mr. BYMARGOTPATRICK BarclaysCEO WagesF
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8、Lawrence Schmidlapp has presided over countless meetings of the board of trustees, which nor- mally draw just a handful of neighbors. There is one issue that can pack Village Hall: Whether to ban personal helipads. “We can run out of chairs,” says Mr. Schmidlapp, who is also the police commissioner
9、and husband of the village clerk. Four private helipads sit among roughly 185 households on this small island about 40 miles east of Midtown Manhat- tan on the northern coast of Long Island. A helicopter flight home from Manhattan can take less than 15 minutes. By con- trast, driving in evening rush
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13、ecloudandtheresthe OracleAutonomousCloud. #thinkautonomous CutYour Amazon Bill in Half Easy toMoveGuaranteed Savings Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about his handling of the Mueller report. opposition leader Juan Guaid. The talks would mar
14、k the first known contact between the government and the opposi- tion since Mr. Guaid declared himself interim president in late January, sparking the most serious challenge yet to Mr. Ma- duros rule. Fifty-four countries, including the U.S., recognize the opposition leader as Venezu- elas legitimat
15、e president. “We know that a part, a large part, a majority of the high command were talking with the Supreme Court and Juan Guaid about a change, a change in government, with the departure of Maduro, and with guarantees for the military,” Mr. Abrams told Venezuelan online TV network VPItv on Wednes
16、day. The opposition believed it was close enough to a deal that PleaseturntopageA8 WASHINGTONAttorney General William Barr criticized Robert Muellers decision not to reach a conclusion about whether President Trump ob- structed justice during a conten- tious hearing that laid bare a rift between him
17、 and the special counsel over the politically charged investigation. In his first congressional tes- timony since releasing a re- dacted version of Mr. Muellers 448-page report, Mr. Barr faced pointed criticism from Senate Democrats over his handling of the findings on Russian election interference
18、in 2016. for Thursday over disagree- ments about the format of the appearanceand that an unre- dacted version of the Mueller report, which had been subpoe- naed by the committee, wouldnt be provided. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.), who leads that committee, also threatened to hold the attorney gener
19、al in contempt of Con- gressa prelude to a possible court battlefor his continued refusal to turn over the unre- dacted Mueller report, a poten- tially big escalation of tensions between Democratic lawmakers and the Trump administration. Mr. Barr has said he cant re- lease the entire unredacted re-
20、port in part because it contains grand-jury material and infor- mation about ongoing criminal cases that cant be made public. The attorney general has invited some top lawmakers and their staff to view a less redacted re- port in a special facility, an offer Democrats have refused. Wednesdays Senate
21、 hearing offered a dramatic public dis- play of the behind-the-scenes jockeying to give Mr. Muellers findings their proper airing. It came just after the Justice PleaseturntopageA4 “If Mr. Mueller felt he shouldnt go down a path of making a traditional prosecutive decision, then he shouldnt have inv
22、estigated,” Mr. Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. “That was the time to pull up.” Meanwhile, the Justice De- partment late Wednesday told House Democrats that Mr. Barr wouldnt appear at a Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled BySadieGurman, ByronTau andKristinaPeterson AttorneyGene
23、ral,Democrats ClashOverMuellerReport WASHINGTONFederal Re- serve officials agreed to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged and signaled com- fort that their wait-and-see posture had steadied the econ- omy after fears of a slowdown had sent markets reeling at the end of last year. Fed Chairman
24、 Jerome Pow- ell, speaking at a news confer- ence Wednesday, played down concerns that recent soft in- flation might hint at broader economic weakness. He re- peatedly highlighted individual price declines that could prove transitory and, in doing so, pushed back against some market hopes the Fed mi
25、ght be preparing to lower interest rates later this year. “Overall the economy con- tinues on a healthy path, and the committee believes that the current stance of policy is appropriate,” Mr. Powell said after officials ended their two- day policy-setting meeting. For now, “we dont see a strong case
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28、hts Reserved Whats NewsBarr criticized Muellers decision not to reach a con- clusion about whether Trump obstructed justice during a contentious Senate hearing that laid bare a rift between the attorney general and the special counsel. A1Venezuelas opposition held secret negotiations with members of
29、 Maduros inner circle in recent months in an ill-fated bid to get him to leave power. A1AfamilyfromChinapaid a college counselor $6.5 mil- lion for help securing a spot at Stanford and connected to the counselor via a Morgan Stanley financial adviser. A6May fired her defense chief,saying he leaked i
30、nfor- mation surrounding a review into the use of Huawei gear in the U.K.s telecom network.A9TheTrumpadministration requested $4.5 billion from Congress to respond to the growing surge of migrants atthe southern border. A4Theadministrationurged an appeals court to strike down the entire ACA, pre- se
31、nting its position oppos- ing all of the health law. A4Sri Lankan authorities released the names of the bombers in the Easter attacks after completing DNA tests to confirm their identities.A7Theadministration has hired consultants to estimate potential losses in the govern- ments student-loan portfo
32、lio, and is weighing selling all or portions of the debt. A6ABritishjudge sentenced Assange to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail in 2012. A9 F ed officials agreed to hold their benchmark interest rate steady and signaled comfort that their wait-and-see posture had steadied the economy. A1U.S. stock
33、s fell, with the Dow down 0.6% at the close after the Fed reiterated that it will stay patient. Treasury prices fluctuated before ultimately ending lower. B11Qualcomm said it would receive at least $4.5 billion from Apple as part of a legal settlement be- tween the companies. B1The largest U.S. comp
34、a- nies are beginning to heed the demands of investors focused on environmental and social issues. B1Disney shuffled execu- tive ranks at its film oper- ation, elevating studio Pres- ident Alan Bergman to help oversee the division. B3CVS reported stronger- than-expected results as a combined health-
35、care firm, easing concerns about its acquisition of Aetna. B3Two big life insurers posted divergent earnings, with MetLifes profit in- creasing 8% and Pruden- tials dropping 32%. B10E-cigarette maker NJOY is pursuing a funding round that would value the firm at as much as $5 billion. B3UBiomes co-ch
36、iefs have gone on leave in the wake of a search of the com- panys offices by the FBI. B3Carlyle posted stronger profit for the first quarter, as the private-equity firm recorded gains in invest- ment income and fees. B10 Business&Finance World-Wide DONGJU ZHANG/LANZHOU UNIVERSITY A fossil jaw found
37、in Tibets Himalayan highlands belongs to a vanished human species called Denisovans, deepening the mystery of human evolution in Asia, a new study said Wednesday. A6 Venezuelas opposition held secret talks with members of President Nicols Maduros in- ner circle in recent months in an ill-fated bid t
38、o get Mr. Ma- duro to leave power and install a united interim government, according to U.S. officials and Venezuelan opposition figures. The talks involved the high- est levels of Mr. Maduros re- gime, including Defense Minis- ter Gen. Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and
39、 the presi- dential guard commander and head of military intelligence, Gen. Ivn Rafael Hernndez. The goal was to remove Mr. Maduro and restore democracy in the country, according to U.S. special envoy Elliott Abrams and people close to Venezuelan BYDAVID LUHNOW ANDJOS DECRDOBA Caracas,Opposition HeldTransitionTalks ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS Stocks dive, Treasurys end lower B11 Heard on the Street: Low inflation dilemma for Fed. B12每 日 免 费 获 取 报 告 1、每日微信群内分享7 +最新重磅报告； 2、每日分享当日华尔街日报、金融时报； 3、每周分享经济学人 4、行研报告均为公开版，权利归原作者 所有，起点财经仅分发做内部学习。 扫一扫二维码 关注公号 回复：研究报告 加入“起点财经”微信群。
