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Icahn's departure followed a flurry of changes at the White House. The White House declined to comment. One of Icahn's first tasks was to vet the future Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and a number of candidates met with the octogenarian investor in his Fifth Avenue office just a few blocks north of Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Aug 18- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn ended his role as a special adviser to U.S. A call to Icahn's office and an email to the White House were not immediately returned. Icahn's departure followed a flurry of changes at the White House.
White House lawyer Ty Cobb said he believes the Russia probe will be wrapped up by Thanksgiving.
Leaked emails can be worse than piracy for some Hollywood firms.
NEW YORK— Piracy is a long-running and even routine issue for Hollywood, whether it's street vendors hawking bootleg DVDs on street corners or video uploaded to file-sharing sites like Pirate Bay. Although the recent HBO leaks so far have fallen well short of the damage inflicted on Sony, there were concerns early on that hackers were setting the stage for an...
Americans are flocking to President Trump because they hate seeing people bullied, says Foster Friess.
WASHINGTON, Aug 17- The United States plans to start negotiations with South Korea on Tuesday in Seoul on amending a five-year-old free trade agreement, U.S. Lighthizer announced plans on July 12 for the special session meeting of the Joint Committee under the U.S.- Korea Free Trade Agreement, months after U.S. "Since KORUS went into effect, our trade deficit in...
WASHINGTON, Aug 17- Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe urged the Trump administration to exclude his state from a federal offshore oil and gas drilling plan, citing concerns about revenue sharing and environmental issues, in a letter that his office revealed on Thursday. In the letter, dated Aug. 11 and sent to Kelly Hammerle, national program manager of the U.S....
WELLINGTON, New Zealand— New Zealand's trade minister said Thursday he believes there's an odds-on chance that a group of 11 Pacific nations including Japan and Australia will sign a free-trade deal, despite the U.S. pulling out. He announced that the New Zealand government had approved a mandate for the country to push ahead with negotiations.
WASHINGTON, Aug 16- A sale of oil and gas leases in U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico generated $121.14 million in high bids for 90 tracts covering 508,096 acres, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Wednesday. Twenty-seven companies participated, submitting 99 bids totaling $137 million, the Interior Department said in a statement. The sale was the largest in...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16- The Trump administration will make cost-sharing payments to insurance companies under Obamacare for August, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday, but the announcement did little to quell long-term concerns about the insurance market. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also said on Wednesday that two counties were...
In a complaint filed on Wednesday, two nonprofits said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has done nothing to implement legislation signed in July 2012 by former President Barack Obama that required the warnings. The Center for Auto Safety, and Kids and Cars Inc, said nearly 1,000 people are killed annually in the rear seats of U.S. passenger...
CONCORD, N.H.— Uncertainty over which health insurers will continue coverage under the Affordable Care Act in New Hampshire ended Wednesday, with three companies confirming their participation before the deadline. "At a time when markets across the nation are collapsing, New Hampshire has built a bridge through 2018," said Republican Gov.
NEW YORK, Aug 16- UnitedHealth Group Inc said on Wednesday president David Wichmann will become the company's chief executive, succeeding Stephen Hemsley, who is moving to the newly created role of executive chairman after more than a decade at the helm of the largest U.S. health insurer. UnitedHealth's shares fell 0.7 percent to $193.79 in early trading on the...
NEW YORK, Aug 16- Allan Landon prepared for his job at the Federal Reserve for two-and-a-half years during the Obama administration before his nomination sank into the partisan quicksand of Washington D.C., a swamp which has only deepened under President Donald Trump, leaving more vacancies than ever at the top of the U.S. federal government.
NEW YORK, Aug 16- UnitedHealth Group Inc said on Wednesday president David Wichmann will become the company's chief executive, succeeding Stephen Hemsley, who is moving to the newly created role of executive chairman after more than a decade at the helm of the largest U.S. health insurer. Under 65- year-old Hemsley, UnitedHealth became one of the biggest sellers...
The Great Recession "scarred people so significantly that they are reluctant to trust in long-term investments," Raphael Bostic tells CNBC.
Aug 16- UnitedHealth Group Inc's Stephen Hemsley is stepping down after more than a decade as chief executive and will be succeeded by company veteran David Wichmann, the largest U.S. health insurer said on Wednesday. Under 65- year-old Hemsley, UnitedHealth became one of the biggest sellers of insurance plans on the exchanges created as part of former...
The more President Donald Trump reveals his character, the more isolated he becomes from the American mainstream.
WASHINGTON— In a story Aug. 4 about the government's July jobs report, The Associated Press referred erroneously to Aaron Sojourner, an economist at the University of Minnesota, as Andrew Sojourner. WASHINGTON— A drop in the unemployment rate to a 16- year low raises a tantalizing question about the job market: How much better can it get? Employers added 209,000...
