Nov 3 (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.
- TransCanada Corp TRP.TO , the company behind the Keystone
XL pipeline on Monday asked the U.S. government to suspend its
permit application, throwing the politically fraught project
into an indefinite state of limbo.
- Vice Media, known for its edgy reporting on everything
from war zones to hallucinogens, is poised to get its own TV
channel in a deal with A+E, according to people familiar with
the matter. Vice is also in talks to get an investment of
roughly $200 million from Disney.
- As short seller Andrew Left's eagerly awaited report on
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (N:VRX) International VRX.TO falls flat, he
faces allegations of his own. Left is facing legal action from
Hong Kong securities regulators, who allege he published false
information about a Chinese property developer in 2012. A Hong
Kong tribunal recently dismissed Left's application to stay the
proceedings against him, securities regulators said Monday.
- Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd 0700.HK is
near a deal to invest $1 billion in a company created by Chinese
startups Meituan and Dianping, as part of a fundraising round
that could value the firm at $20 billion.
- Russia's top aviation official dismissed an assertion by
the airline involved in a passenger jet crash in Egypt that
pilot error and technical defects could be ruled out as causes.