Trump and spy chief differ on what was said in call on Russia dossier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. spy chief James Clapper and President-elect Donald Trump gave different accounts of a phone conversation they had about a dossier of unverified, salacious claims linking Russia to Trump, who is locked in a war of words with …
Trump wades in on flap over L.L. Bean boycott threats
BOSTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted his support of Maine catalog retailer L.L. Bean after an activist group opposed to the U.S. president-elect called for a boycott of the company.
French far right leader Marine Le Pen seen at Trump Tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was seen at Trump Tower on Thursday but a spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said she was not meeting with him or his team.
AT&T chief executive, Trump meet amid planned Time Warner merger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson is meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday in New York amid the company’s planned merger with Time Warner Inc . a deal that the Republican president-elect has criticized.
Trump picks Giuliani to assemble cyber security meetings with executives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to meet with corporate executives who have faced cyber security challenges in a series of meetings arranged by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his transition team said in a statement.
Fast-food workers protest Trump’s labor secretary nominee
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The union-backed “Fight for $15” movement will protest at Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s restaurants on Thursday against the nomination of the chains’ head, a vocal opponent of minimum wage increases and “overregulation,” as …
Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of H1B visas
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources f…
Tillerson says China should be barred from South China Sea islands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state has set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China S…
As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has left the agriculture secretary as the last department head to be named to his Cabinet, while a meeting with the chief executives of two agribusiness giants gave a hint at a roster of farm issues…
With new leverage, NYC’s Stringer could reshape boardrooms
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. public pension funds normally prefer a backseat role in overseeing the future of companies where they have billions of dollars invested.
