Nov 7 (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.
- Tesla TSLA.O shareholders approved a record-setting pay package for Chief Executive Elon Musk, a plan designed to motivate the world's richest man with as much as $1 trillion in additional stock.
- Take-Two Interactive Software TTWO.O is again pushing back the release date "Grand Theft Auto VI,"delaying it to the latter part of next year.
- The U.S. Treasury Department announced an investigationinto small-business government contracts worth about $9 billion and whether federal programs have been used fraudulently.
- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Senate Republicans that they should expect to vote on a new proposal Friday aiming to end the government shutdown, in an attempt by GOP leaders to build momentum toward a deal.
- U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that would have prevented U.S. President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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