Breakingviews on the increased leverage Verizon’s gained with news of Yahoo’s ongoing cybersecurity crisis – NYTimes

A new administration and big business deals—what it means for those in the works [NYTimes] and a new wave of M&A in the offing – NYTimes

Meanwhile, the outlook for Dodd-Frank is, ahem, troubled – WSJ

JPMorgan has joined Merrill Lynch in banning all commissions-paying retirement accounts (or “transactional” accounts) in response to the DOL’s new fiduciary rule – Reuters

Veteran’s Day in the US means Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest shopping day and a major test for Alibaba to keep growing on the day it helped invent – NYTimes and Bloomberg

Shockingly, Wells Fargo has found that its “ethics line” wasn’t operating quite as planned, with a percentage of complaints made mishandled – WSJ

Notes on the 21st-century obsession with redesign—whether warranted (or wanted) or not – NYTimes

Have a great weekend.