Trump admin has ‘lot of good candidates’ to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell: Bessent

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The Trump administration will focus on finding a replacement for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell this fall, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday, adding that officials had “a lot of good candidates.” Bessent said it was up to the Fed to decide interest rates, although he added that if the central bank did not cut interest […]


FCC chair opens probe into diversity practices at Verizon

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Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on Thursday opened a probe into diversity practices at Verizon and raised the telecommunications company’s ongoing effort to purchase Frontier Communications. Carr, a Republican designated by President Donald Trump last month, earlier this month told NBC News-parent Comcast he was opening a similar probe into the company’s promotion of diversity, equity and […]


Tenable Chair and CEO Amit Yoran dies after cancer battle

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Amit Yoran, CEO and chairman of Tenable H/O Tenable Amit Yoran, who ushered cybersecurity company Tenable into the public market as chief executive, died on Friday. He was 54. Yoran’s passing was confirmed by Tenable in a Saturday press release. While the company said his death was unexpected, Yoran went on medical leave early last […]