Donald Trump and his administration could pull back on leveraged lending guidelines in the U.S., paving the way for banks to lend more to highly indebted companies and encourage more buyout deals. According to a report by Reuters, which cited bankers, investors and lawyers, Trump could tell...
A day after President-Elect Donald Trump met with technology leaders from Silicon Valley, his office released a synopsis of what went down during the meeting that brought Trump together with the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Tesla, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Intel and Palantir....
After some months of contention with the denizens of Silicon Valley, Donald Trump had his big meeting with the biggest names in tech yesterday in New York City at Trump Tower. On the guest list were Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Amazon CEO...
President-elect Donald Trump has cast a wide net when it comes to his advisors that now reportedly includes Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, and Elon Musk, the head of Tesla. According to a report in the Washington Post that cited Trump officials, both CEOs will meet...
This should be an interesting one to watch. In New York City, on Wednesday (Dec. 14) of this week, prominent Silicon Valley tech industry leaders are reportedly planning to attend President-Elect Donald Trump’s technology roundtable meeting. During the election, there was a contentious push-and-pull between President-Elect...
As a matter of policy, spending and taxing have always engendered debate around how the government should maintain goods and services, how to pay for them and what happens to various financial spheres as a result. One economics Nobel laureate, Oliver Hart, thinks the incoming...
Human resources software firm Zenefits, which has been beset by legal wrangling over its business practices, is about to lose its captain. The New York Times reported that Zenefits CEO David O. Sacks is leaving the CEO role, possibly to take a position with the...
Great change may be looming on tax policy and even at the Federal Reserve, if the latest two cabinet picks for the incoming Trump administration are any indication. As has been widely reported, President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that there will...
The latest data tied to consumer sentiment shows a sanguine outlook. So much so, said Bloomberg, that the impression is that respondents foresee a positive impact from the Donald Trump presidency. As reported, the University of Michigan’s final tally from the month showed that the expectations...
