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Trump, Bessent and Treasury

Donald Trump taps Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary, ending fierce battle for key job

Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly backed the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a series of op-eds and media appearances over the past year.

Business Insider on MSN · 2h

Trump nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if contradictory Wall Street experience.

The News International · 46m

Donald Trump set to appoint Scott Bessent as treasury secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly planning to nominate Scott Bessent, a veteran hedge fund investor and former Yale University lecturer, as his treasury secretary, according to

SEC, Gary Gensler and Trump

Wall Street Journal · 7h

Gensler Says He Won't Leave SEC Until Trump Takes Office

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will step down as Wall Street’s top regulator at the very end of the Biden administration, he announced Thursday. Gensler has been coy about when

Business Insider · 1d

Crypto Foe and SEC Chair Gary Gensler Will Quit When Trump Takes Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler — a frequent foe of the cryptocurrency industry — said he will fully leave the agency

New York Post on MSN · 1d

SEC Chair Gary Gensler — who clashed with Wall Street and crypto industry — to step down

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will step down on Jan. 20 when President-elect Donald Trump’s administration takes over, the agency said Thursday, ending an ambitious tenure that saw him clash with Wall Street and the crypto industry.

Stocks, Wall Street

The Associated Press on MSN · 4h

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it notches a winning week and another Dow record

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, giving the market its fifth gain in a row and notching another record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Reuters on MSN · 4h

Stocks notch strong weekly gain, US yields slip as markets eye Trump policies

Global stocks registered a strong weekly gain on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields slipped as markets eyed President-elect Donald Trump's likely policies and their impact on the U.S. economy, even as bitcoin traded near the $100,

Las Vegas Sun · 9h

Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher as it heads for a winning week

Stocks edged higher in midday trading on Wall Street Friday, keeping the market on track for its fifth gain in a row. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% and is solidly on track for a weekly gain that will erase most of last week's loss.

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‘Dancing in the street’: Some Wall Street banks are triumphant heading into Trump era

Trump hasn’t yet returned to office, and the biggest banks keep notching wins. The nation’s biggest banks have just in the ...

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Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his ...

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Wall Street closes higher after business activity data

Wall Street closed higher on Friday, with all three major indexes posting weekly gains, as investors took comfort from data ...

Wall Street Expects A Dealmaking Boom Under Trump. These 20 Stocks Are Prime Targets

Trump’s second term may unleash a new wave of acquisitions, and mid-cap stocks could be in the crosshairs of acquirers.

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Donald Trump’s commerce secretary pick Howard Lutnick is a Wall Street titan who lost his brother—and nearly 70% of his employees—in the 9/11 attacks

Some call Howard Lutnick the “most hated man on Wall Street.” Others applaud his business acumen and consistent charity ...

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Wall Street strategists are forecasting Trump's tax cuts will send stocks soaring in the coming years

Trump's plan to slash the corporate tax rate to 15% could be a bullish driver for stocks for at least the next two years, ...

Trump picks Wall St CEO Lutnick to run Commerce, oversee USTR, tariffs

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will nominate Wall Street CEO Howard Lutnick to lead his trade and ...

Bloomberg L.P. on MSN3d

Wall Street’s Top Cop Plans to Exit Before Trump Takes Power

The top US prosecutor in Manhattan has privately told people he’ll step down before Donald Trump is inaugurated in ...

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