Trump news and trends

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser: Clients Focused on Launching M&A Activity
Business // November 12, 2024

Pent-up demand for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has been released by the election of Donald Trump, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday. Speaking with Bloomberg Television, Fraser said the bank’s clients had been waiting to begin M&A activity and are now focused on doing so, Bloomberg reported Tuesday....

Bitcoin Approaches $90K as Crypto Fans Rally on Trump Presidency
Bitcoin // November 12, 2024

Donald Trump’s election victory has been a win for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin came close to $90,000 on Tuesday (Nov. 12), driven by continued enthusiasm for the advent of a pro-crypto White House, Reuters reported. The price of bitcoin had...

Killing Tip Taxes May Give Momentum to Instant Digital Payouts
Disbursements // November 11, 2024

Headed into last week’s presidential election, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris endorsed eliminating taxes on tips. Coming into office in January 2025, Trump, now president-elect, has said that exempting those taxes would be a priority, telling workers in Nevada during the campaign the move...

Musk Says He’ll Reverse Twitter’s ‘Morally Bad’ Ban on Trump
Politics // May 10, 2022

Elon Musk said he would reverse the Twitter ban of former President Donald Trump, calling it “not correct” and a “morally bad decision,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was...

Interviews & Exclusives
ACAMS: Biden Administration Faces Challenges On AML And Cybercrime

December 21, 2020
The incoming Biden Administration has got its work cut out for it on a number of fronts. Job No. 1 is tackling a public-health crisis the likes of which have not been seen in a century. Meanwhile, the U.S. economic recovery has been uneven despite apparent agreement or near-agreement on a new round of stimulus. And now we’ve […]

COVID-19 Relief 101: What’s Passed Already, What’s Up For Debate And What’s Next

March 19, 2020
While the COVID-19 has been a looming and growing threat on the global stage since almost the start of the new year, for U.S. citizens, it has been more or...

Spring Speculation Has Sprung: Walmart, Amazon, Trump And Target

April 02, 2018
Spring, after a long delay, has arrived. It seems to have (mostly) stopped snowing, the April Fools’ Day Easter baskets have been put away, and now it’s time to see what...

Bringing It All Back Home, 1980s-Style

April 08, 2017
Trump. Trade wars and real wars, green screens and blue Smurfs. The more things change the more they stay the same, as the 1980s seem to beckon 30 years on,...

Quick Reads
Report: Trump Advisory Commission Considers Free Tax-Filing App

November 19, 2024
Intuit and H&R Block saw their stocks drop 5% and 8%, respectively, on Tuesday (Nov. 19) after a media report that the incoming Trump administration is considering a free tax-filing app. The Washington Post reported in a paywalled article that Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an outside advisory commission that will be led […]

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser: Clients Focused on Launching M&A Activity

November 12, 2024
Pent-up demand for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has been released by the election of Donald Trump, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday. Speaking with Bloomberg Television, Fraser said the bank’s clients...

Bitcoin Approaches $90K as Crypto Fans Rally on Trump Presidency

November 12, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory has been a win for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin came close to $90,000 on Tuesday (Nov. 12), driven by continued enthusiasm...

Musk Says He’ll Reverse Twitter’s ‘Morally Bad’ Ban on Trump

May 10, 2022
Elon Musk said he would reverse the Twitter ban of former President Donald Trump, calling it “not correct” and a “morally bad decision,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “I...