Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump signaled Friday his intention to nominate hedge fund executive Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, in a move that puts a […]
In the two weeks since Donald Trump was reelected president, he’s tapped a string of individuals to serve as second-term advisers and cabinet members whose common thread could be summed up by four words: What the actual fuck. Trump wants to put a rabid anti-vaxxer in charge of the nation’s health, named a man accused […]
Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore — and who found himself the subject of national headlines when he survived a politically motivated kidnapping — has died at age 90. Murphy, who lived on St. Simons Island, Georgia, […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration. CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas developmentincluding fracking, a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” […]
By Sophie Yu and David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) – Brazilian planemaker Embraer said on Wednesday at China’s largest air show in Zhuhai that it planned to focus on strengthening its supply chain, with Chinese companies able to play a role. Embraer is the world’s third-largest planemaker and focuses on up to 150-seat single-aisle regional […]
Why do decision-makers at work really choose one person for a role over another? What actually makes them trust someone’s judgment? How do they decide in practice who to tap for important opportunities? For the last 12 years, I’ve coached top performers at some of the world’s largest and most competitive Fortune 500 companies. As […]
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) – which they denied. The 40-year-old was in […]
By Joe Brock, David Shepardson and Tim Hepher (Reuters) – Boeing said on Friday the head of its troubled space and defense unit is leaving the company immediately, in the first management change under new CEO Kelly Ortberg. Ortberg who took over in August said Ted Colbert would be leaving and Steve Parker, the unit’s […]
