1、* WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 VOL. CCLXXIII NO. 101 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 DJIA 26592.91 38.52 0.1% NASDAQ 8095.39 g 0.8% STOXX600 391.35 0.01% 10-YR.TREAS. 9/32, yield 2.505% OIL $63.91 $0.41 GOLD $1,282.80 $4.20 EURO $1.1215 YEN 111.42 BYTRIPPMICKLE Slowing iPhone Demand Pinches Apple Mr. Guaid is viewed b
2、y the U.S. and more than 50 other nations as Venezuelas legitimate leader following a 2018 election that was marred by fraud allegations. Protests continued Tuesday evening, but there was no sign the rebellion had succeeded in ousting Mr. Maduro despite re- peated expressions of U.S. sup- port by th
3、e Trump administra- tion for Mr. Guaid. The move was risky both for Mr. Guaids opposition move- ment and for the U.S. If Mr. Ma- duro prevails, Washington will have offered unambiguous back- ing to a failed uprising with po- tentially deadly consequences. Mr. Maduro, who stayed out of the public eye
4、 for much of the day, appeared in a late-night televised address flanked by the militarys top brass. “Today has been an intense day,” he said. “We must never surrender.” He promised to deliver justice to Mr. Guaid and dismissed what he said were Washington- led efforts to sow divisions in his govern
5、ment. Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that Mr. Maduro was preparing to leave power and head to Cuba but was talked out of it by the Russians. “He had an airplane on the tarmac,” Mr. Pompeo said. “He was ready to leave this morning, as we understand it, and the Russians in
6、dicated he should stay.” Russia didnt comment on Mr. Pompeos assertion. Mr. Guaid, in a video re- leased Tuesday night on social media, said the days events proved that Mr. Maduro was weak. He called for continued protests Wednesday. Mr. Guaids whereabouts was unknown, and an opposition Pleaseturnto
7、pageA9 CARACAS, VenezuelaThou- sands of Venezuelans clashed in the streets with pro-government forces following an audacious call by opposition leader Juan Guaid to join him and a small group of military officers in overthrowing President Nicols Maduros government. The violence ensued after Mr. Guai
8、d, flanked by a small group of rebellious National Guard troops outside a Caracas military base, called on the public to help end a punishing economic and political crisis under Mr. Maduro. BYKEJALVYAS ViolenceEruptsinVenezuela AsGuaidCallsforUprising Syria. “But I have a chance of rescuing her chil
9、dren, and that will be my salvation.” Mr. Galvez is just one of many desperate relatives caught up in the messy aftermath of Islamic States experiment, with all the odds stacked against them. Nearly 7,000 minors from more than 30 countries face an uncertain future in Syria, according to the charity
10、group Save the Chil- dren. Authorities in northeast Syria warn that unless they are repatriated, they will grow up as outcasts vulnerable to indoctrina- tion and recruitment by Islamic State. The apparent reemergence of the terror groups leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, on a videotape this week only ra
11、ises the stakes. Morocco, Sudan, Kosovo and Indonesia have taken back hundreds of citizens between PleaseturntopageA10 HisDaughterDiedforISIS. CanHeSaveHerChildren? PatricioGalvezssevengrandchildrenaremaroonedinaSyriancamp INSIDE DEALS Berkshirebacks Occidental Petroleuminbidto acquireAnadarkoB1 U.S
12、.NEWS GOPsenators expressconcerns aboutMooreas possibleFedpickA2 BRIAN CAHN/ZUMA PRESS Apple Inc. posted its first back-to-back drop in quarterly sales and profit in more than two years, but the tech titan reported strength beyond its struggling iPhone business and said a sharp downturn in China sho
13、wed signs of easing. Profit dropped 16% to $11.56 billion for the three months through March 30, while reve- nue slid 5% to $58.02 billion, Apple said Tuesday. Sales of the iPhone, long the biggest driver of its busi- ness, fell 17% to about $31 bil- lionan accelerated decline for a product that has
14、 been hobbled by smartphone own- ers holding on to devices lon- ger and by competition from rivals in China offering lower- price, feature-rich handsets. The companys results ex- ceeded analysts expectations, which had ebbed following a surprising slump in the previ- ous quarter. Chief Executive Ple
15、aseturntopageA6 Heard on the Street: Apple stocks new sticker shock. B14 Mueller Disputed Summary ByBarr WASHINGTONSpecial counsel Robert Mueller told At- torney General William Barr in March that his four-page letter summarizing the findings of the Russia investigation failed to “fully capture” the
16、 teams work and threatened the pub- lics confidence in the results of the probe, according to a per- son familiar with the matter. Mr. Mueller stated his con- cerns in a letter he sent March 27, after Mr. Barr publicly an- nounced that the special coun- sels investigation hadnt found that the Trump
17、campaign con- spired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election and that Mr. Muellers probe made no conclusion about whether the president obstructed justice. In the absence of a recommenda- tion, Mr. Barr determined Pres- ident Trump didnt commit a crime. Mr. Trump and his allies have declared t
18、he probe exon- erated him. The letter will likely fuel PleaseturntopageA4 BYSADIEGURMAN and sneezed in photographers faces. Human facial recognition has made a range of tasks eas- ier, such as verifying passen- ger identity at train stations and catching criminals from surveillance foot- age. If ani
19、mal recog- nition can reach similar levels of ac- curacy, it could help track herd health and reduce waste in agriculture, among the least digitized industries in the world, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. Farmers need to be able to tell animals apart to track their health and behavior.
20、In- surers hope facial recognition can help combat fraud by PleaseturntopageA8 Facebook Remakes HowUsers Interact Facebook Inc. revamped its core platform, pushing users toward private conversation and group interactions orga- nized around shared interests, as Chief Executive Mark Zuck- erberg moves
21、 to address criti- cism of the social-media gi- ants influence. Mr. Zuckerberg said in an interview that the changes un- veiled Tuesday mark the most significant alteration to Face- books core platform in five years and are part of a larger effort to offer less-public ways of communicating. “Groups
22、are at the heart of the app, not just friends,” he said. The changes also de-em- PleaseturntopageA2 BYJEFFHORWITZ Developing reliable facial- recognition software depends on getting clear, well-lit and straight-ahead images. No one told the farm ani- mals. “There were pigs biting and dragging on my
23、clothes,” says Deng Changshun, chief executive of a Beijing-based devel- oper of animal-rec- ognition software, called Innovationai Co. “Others were at- tacking me with their snouts.” Cows have tried to hide, licked cameras and untied equipment cables with their tongues. Pigs have squirmed out of re
24、ach. Donkeys have kicked away camera phones BYYIFANWANG Facial-RecognitionSoftware MeetsItsMatch:FarmAnimals iii Cows,pigskickupfussatphototime; hardtotelladonkeytostandstill No pictures please GOTHENBURG, SwedenFor his journey to Syria, Patricio Galvez packed a suitcase full of childrens clothes, i
25、ncluding a tiny yellow T- shirt emblazoned with the word “Sweden.” Five years ago his daughter Amanda Gonzlez, a Swedish convert to Islam, also traveled to Syria. Ms. Gonzlez and her hus- band were among tens of thousands of for- eigners who gravitated toward Islamic State after it proclaimed a mode
26、rn-day caliphate spanning Iraq and Syria. Both were killed as the caliphate crumpled under assault by U.S.- backed forces. Their seven childrenaged be- tween 1 and 8survived and are now trapped in a squalid camp in northeast Syria. “I wasnt able to save my daughter,” Mr. Galvez said a week before se
27、tting off for BYISABELCOLESANDALINABHANSri Lankan Islamists posts remained on Facebook. A7 T-MOBILE EXPANDSTHEIRREACH SALESFORCE. T-MOBILE EXPANDSTHEIRREACH withSALESFORCE. ,inc.Allrightsreserved.Sisaregistered ,inc.,asareothernamesandmarks. CONTENTS Business News B3,6 Crossword A14 Heard on Street
28、. B14 Life & Arts. A11-13 Markets. B13-14 Opinion A15-17 Property Report B7-8 Sports. A14 Streetwise B13 Technology. B4 U.S. News. A2-6 Weather. A14 World News A7-9 s 2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved Whats NewsThousandsofVenezuelans clashed with pro-government forces after an audac
29、ious call by opposition leader Guaid for the overthrow of Maduros government.A1Muellerwrote to Barr in March saying that the attor- ney generals letter summa- rizing the findings of the Russia probe failed to “fully capture” the teams work.A1AHousecommittee re- ferred informal Trump ad- viser Erik P
30、rince for criminal prosecution on allegations that he misled the panel.A6NumerousSenate Repub- licans expressed concerns over the possibility of Trump nominating Moore to the Feds board. A2Democraticcongressional leaders said Trump agreed to aim for a $2 trillion in- frastructure package, but the tw
31、o sides didnt discuss how it would be paid for. A4Theadministration is seeking to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a for- eign terrorist organization, the White House said. A7TheNSArevealed to U.S. agencies the identities of almost 17,000 U.S. residents or firms whose data were collected under a
32、foreign- surveillance law in 2018. A6Punitivetariffs levied by both sides stood as a major obstacle to the closing of a U.S.-China trade deal as negotiations resumed. A8TheFDAsaid it would allow two big cigarette makers to start selling a hand-held device that heats but doesnt burn tobacco.B4 A pple
33、posted its first back-to-back drop in quarterly sales and profit in more than two years, but reported strength in areas beyond its strug- gling iPhone business. A1Facebookrevamped its core platform as CEO Zuck- erberg moves to address criticism of the social-me- dia giants influence. A1BerkshireHath
34、away agreed to inject $10 billion into Occidental Petroleums bid to acquire Anadarko and fight off Chevron. B1GEswungtoaprofitin the first quarter and re- ported stronger cash pro- duction than expected. B1MajorU.S.stockindexes wrapped up their best four-month start to a year since at least 1999. B1
35、Theeurozoneeconomy regained some lost mo- mentum at the start of 2019, GDP data showed. A8Massachusettsregulators said Wynn Resorts can re- tain its license to open a new casino in the state. B1McGraw-Hilland Cen- gage plan to merge, combin- ing the closely held compa- nies in an all-stock deal. B1G
36、Mwarned that weaker results from China will con- tinue to weigh on its bot- tom line this year. B3Ex-GoogleCEOSchmidt will leave the board of Al- phabet, the search giants parent company. B2Afederaljudgeapproved a new deal clarifying how Tesla must oversee Musks use of Twitter. B4 Business&Finance W
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