Aetna CEO expects some ACA benefits to stay: Dealbook conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Aetna Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said he expected some benefits of President Barack Obama’s national healthcare reform law will stick under President-elect Donald Trump, like allowing young adults to stay on their f…
Trump invites UK’s May to visit ‘as soon as possible’
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Theresa May to visit him as soon as possible during their first telephone call since his election victory, the British prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
Trump could pull out of global climate accord in a year: lawyers
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could use legal short-cuts to pull out of a global agreement for fighting climate change within a year, keeping a campaign promise and by-passing a theoretical four-year wait, lawyers say…
Russian foreign ministry says eyes better ties with U.S. under Trump
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to work on improving bilateral relations win the United States after Donald Trump won presidential elections, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
Tough reality check for Trump’s pledge of better heartland jobs, wages
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Donald Trump’s promise to revive small town America faces a tough challenge in an economy that for decades has been wired to direct income and opportunities toward urban hubs and the better educated.
Trump lawyers head to court for upcoming fraud trial
(Reuters) – Lawyers for president-elect Donald Trump on Thursday will head to court for a hearing pitting the future leader of the United States against a group of students who say they were defrauded by one of his businesses.
House Republicans test Trump on his U.S.-Mexico wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives hope to offer President-elect Donald Trump an alternate plan to his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, a first test by lawmakers from his own party of one of his key campaign promises.
Vexation gives way to pragmatism as Wall Street girds for Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street power brokers may have rolled their eyes in private when ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Steven Mnuchin agreed to be Donald Trump’s national finance chairman, but now they are lining up to meet him.
Trump likely to reward loyalty with top appointments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s early list of potential appointments to top positions appears to reward people who were loyal to him after a campaign in which many Republican Party leaders kept their distance.
Clinton, Obama pledge unity behind Trump presidency
(Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and focused on Wednesday on his 73-day transition to the White House as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided cou…
