Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

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Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to divest from dozens of funds, trusts and investments in preparation to become the nation’s top economic policymaker. Those plans were released on Saturday along with the publication of an ethics agreement and financial disclosures that […]


Microsoft, Google each donate $1M to Trump’s inaugural fund

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Google and Microsoft are each donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund – joining a slew of tech companies bankrolling the celebrations as they seek to garner support from the incoming administration. Google and Microsoft confirmed the donations with The Post. “Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on […]


How Trump’s Greenland Plan Could Hit Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened tariffs on many countries for many different reasons. On Monday, he found a new purpose for his favorite economic tool. Mr. Trump said he would “tariff Denmark at a very high level” if it refused to allow Greenland — a North American island that is an autonomous territory within […]


Trump’s 25% tariffs an existential threat to Canada’s auto industry

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Canadian and American flags fly near the base of the Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada to the U.S. in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — There’s growing concern that President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports would be an existential threat […]


Broadcom’s long path to the trillion-dollar club, and Trump’s role

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President Donald Trump introduces Broadcom CEO Hock Tan prior to Tan announcing the repatriation of his company’s headquarters to the United States from Singapore during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. Getty Images When Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, […]