Business

Steve Mnuchin Expected To Lead Treasury In Trump Administration

9:17am November 30, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution and a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal, about Steve Mnuchin's qualifications.

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Wall Street financier Steve Mnuchin is being considered to serve as Treasury secretary under Donald Trump. Mnuchin assembled investors who bought IndyMac, a failed bank that had been taken over by the FDIC.

Trump's Potential Treasury Secretary Headed A 'Foreclosure Machine'

9:14am November 30, 2016

by John Ydstie

During the financial crisis Steve Mnuchin was working to make profits from the ruins of the housing bust. He assembled investors who bought IndyMac, a failed bank that had been taken over by the FDIC.

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Former Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Weighs In On Free Trade, Cuba

7:59am November 30, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Carlos Gutierrez, who served as Secretary of Commerce under George W. Bush, who discusses the future of free trade and U.S.-Cuba relations under President-elect Donald Trump.

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Carrier says they are keeping 1,000 jobs originally slated to move to Mexico at the their Indiana plant.

Carrier, Trump Reach Deal To Keep Manufacturing Jobs In U.S.

10:43pm November 29, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Roughly half of the jobs originally slated to move to Mexico will stay at the air-conditioning company's Indianapolis plan. Trump made the company's decision a major campaign talking point.

Women Could Pay More Than Men For Health Care Under Trump

6:53pm November 29, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

The Affordable Care Act requires that insurers cover maternity services, birth control and screening such as mammograms. Trump administration plans to repeal Obamacare could end that.

Environmental groups are preparing to sue President-elect Donald Trump's administration in federal court if it tries to eliminate eco-rules.

Environment

Environmentalists Gird For Battle With A Trump Administration

6:26pm November 29, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to rescind some environmental regulations. Environmentalists are planning ways to keep a new administration from rolling back eco-rules.

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Rep. Tom Price has introduced his own alternative to the Affordable Care Act four times. The legislation provides an idea of how he might lead the Department of Health And Human Services.

5 Things To Know About Rep. Tom Price's Health Care Ideas

5:20pm November 29, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Rep. Tom Price has proposed an alternative to Obamacare that emphasizes tax credits, health savings accounts and continuous insurance coverage as a way to deal with existing health conditions.

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President-elect Donald Trump, flanked by his wife and grown children, cuts a ribbon during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel, just a few blocks from the White House, on Oct. 26.

Law Professor: Trump Can't Hold Lease On His Hotel Near White House

4:53pm November 29, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Donald Trump has a 60-year lease on his new hotel, just a few blocks from the White House. But its terms say no elected U.S. official shall benefit from the lease.

Rep. Elijah Cummings Leads Call To Investigate Trump's Business Entanglements

4:31pm November 29, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, about efforts to launch an investigation into potential conflicts of interest associated with Donald Trump's businesses.

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Law Professor Explains Why Trump Can't Hold Lease On New D.C. Hotel

4:31pm November 29, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Schooner, professor of government procurement law at George Washington University, about his op-ed in Government Executive magazine calling on the General Services Administration to end the Trump Organization's lease of the Old Post Office Pavilion, the site of the new Trump hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.