Post-Election

Post-Election
Positivity Coming Out Of Trump’s Travel Ban?
February 03, 2017

Like it or not, the travel ban put in place by the Trump administration is causing an uproar of issues. With protests at nearly all major airports across America, lawsuits are being filed left and right. To help with financing these legal arbitrations, many have...

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Uber CEO Leaves Economic Advisory Council
February 03, 2017

Following some serious user backlash, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced he will step down from his position on President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council. In a memo to Uber staff cited by The Wall Street Journal, Kalanick reportedly wrote that his participation in Trump’s economic...

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Retailers, Energy, Auto Companies Gearing Up To Fight US Tax On Imports
February 02, 2017

A group of retailer lobbyists, energy companies and the auto industry is gearing up to fight against a proposed U.S. tax on imports. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Retail Industry Leaders Association, along with more than 120 other trade groups, are supporting a movement dubbed...

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Tapping Into The Trump Trade Wars
January 31, 2017

Roughly 10 days into the Trump presidency, and the world is changing. Significantly. To grind that statement a but finer, the way the U.S. is interacting with the broader world is changing. Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP). And in...

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Trump’s New Order On Business Rules Doesn’t Impact Essential Regulations, Like Dodd-Frank
January 31, 2017

Several regulations implemented by the Obama administration pertaining to businesses will remain untouched by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday (Jan. 30), reports said. Trump’s action introduces rules that requires agencies to cut two regulations for every new one introduced. It also...

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World’s Richest Men Say Everything Will Be Fine
January 30, 2017

The world’s two wealthiest men recently expressed to a crowd of over 1,300 at Columbia University that they have hope for the future of the United States as the nation adjusts to the Trump administration. The two were speaking to a group of students on...

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Mid-Term Elections May Keep Financial Reform In Place
January 30, 2017

The Trump administration and Carl Icahn, Trump’s chief advisor on financial regulation, are squarely opposed to the financial regulation put in place under the Obama administration, but whether or not they may want it repealed isn’t as cut and dry. That’s according to Barney Frank,...

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US-Mexico Cross-Border Payments Rise
January 30, 2017

With the peso nearing an all-time low and the growing tensions between Mexico and the U.S. in the wake of Donald Trump’s election, cross-border payment providers have seen a big uptick in business as of late. The amount of U.S. dollars flowing into Mexico reportedly...

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Companies Respond To Trump Immigration Order
January 30, 2017

On Friday (Jan. 27), President Trump signed an executive order to halt the admission of refugees, ban the admission of refugees from Syria indefinitely and stop citizens of several Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. — at first, including any green card or visa holders,...