Trump extracts pledge from Boeing on Air Force One costs
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extracted a promise from Boeing Co’s chief executive on Wednesday that the cost of replacing Air Force One would not exceed $4 billion, his latest move to use the bully pulpit to pressure c…
Trump picks ‘Death by China’ author for trade advisory role
(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump named Peter Navarro, an economist who has urged a hard line on trade with China, to head a newly formed White House National Trade Council, the transition team said on Wednesday.
North Carolina rebuffs transgender bathroom law repeal
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday rejected a bid to repeal a state law restricting bathroom access for transgender people, which has drawn months of protests and boycotts by opponents decrying the…
Trump weighs ‘half-blind’ trust option for businesses: Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is considering the use of discretionary trusts to avoid conflicts of interest for Trump family members or administration officials, Politico reported on Wednesday.
Icahn tapped as Trump’s special adviser on regulatory issues
(Reuters) – Billionaire Carl Icahn will advise Donald Trump on rescinding what the activist investor called “excessive regulation” on U.S. businesses, the president-elect’s transition team announced on Wednesday.
Trump hotels reach deal with unions, ending labor board cases
(Reuters) – Hotels in Las Vegas and Washington owned by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reached agreements with their workers’ unions that will end a series of cases alleging the hotels violated federal labor law, the Trump Organization and unions sa…
Kushner looks for buyers for New York Observer: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is looking to sell his newspaper, The New York Observer, the trade newspaper Women’s Wear Daily reported on Wednesday.
Boeing CEO says he assured Trump about Air Force One costs
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg met with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to address concerns about the replacement costs for Air Force One, which Trump has complained would top $4 billion.
Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A small Canadian miner is confident Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential win will let it proceed with an application for a copper and gold mine in Alaska that has been stalled almost three years by environmental regulators aiming to p…
Congress should consider help for Puerto Rico’s disabled: Task force
(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress should consider overhauling its system of benefits for disabled people in Puerto Rico, who get almost no government help, according to a new report by a task force addressing the island’s economic crisis.
