Jim Puzzanghera

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, shown testifying at a Senate hearing June 20, will get a third Republican on the commission with President Trump's intention to nominate Brendan Carr.

Trump plans FCC nomination, providing crucial vote to reverse net neutrality rules

August 22, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

President Trump intends to nominate Brendan Carr, a former aide to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, to fill the final open seat at the agency and provide a crucial...

The ITT Technical Institute campus in Orange was among several campuses in Southern California that closed in September after the for-profit chain ITT Educational Services filed for bankruptcy.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suspends new rules cracking down on for-profit college abuses

August 22, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

As Corinthian Colleges Inc., ITT Technical Institute and other for-profit schools collapsed in recent years, the Obama administration overhauled regulations to make it easier to forgive loans for stranded students...

President Trump walks with Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin at the Treasury Department on April 21.

Mnuchin calls for major rollbacks of Dodd-Frank financial regulations

August 22, 2019 at 4:43 a.m.

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin on Monday proposed sweeping changes to the tough Dodd-Frank regulations put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, including a major reduction in the power...

Joseph Otting, right, then chief executive of OneWest Bank, speaks at a 2015 hearing in Los Angeles, regarding the bank's purchase by CIT Group.

Trump nominee for powerful bank regulator post misrepresented college degree

August 22, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

President Trump's nominee for a post as a powerful banking regulator has misrepresented a college degree on his resume, according to a spokeswoman for Dartmouth College. Joseph Otting, the former...

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, (R-Texas), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, speaks to reporters at Trump Tower in New York in November 2016.

Fervent free-market ideology fuels Jeb Hensarling, the man who would slay Dodd-Frank reforms

August 22, 2019 at 4:40 a.m.

With the financial system imploding in 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke implored Congress to authorize $700 billion to bail out the banks or risk...

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and chairman of the Business Roundtable, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington in September.

Despite Trump stumbles, optimism of top U.S. CEOs hits highest level in three years

June 4, 2018 at 8:01 p.m.

Despite some stumbles by President Trump, chief executives of America's largest companies are more optimistic about the economy than they have been in three years, according to survey results released...

Delayed retirement adviser rule will go into partial effect, but changes may still be possible

March 29, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

A controversial Obama-era rule for retirement advisers, delayed by a review ordered by President Donald Trump because of strong Republican and financial industry opposition, will partially take effect next month,...

Credit card balances have been rising as total household debt has topped its previous 2008 peak.

U.S. household debt tops 2008 peak, but this time Americans’ finances are better

August 22, 2019 at 4:22 a.m.

The recovery from the Great Recession has hit a milestone: Total household debt climbed to $12.73 trillion in the first quarter to top the peak reached in 2008 before the...

Trump targets key Dodd-Frank financial regulations and taxes in new executive actions

August 22, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

President Trump, who has vowed to dismantle the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law, will take aim at two of its pillars on Friday. During an appearance at the Treasury Department,...

Charter Communications CEO Thomas Rutledge speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House after meeting US President Donald Trump on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NganMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Charter promises Trump something new ($25-billion investment) and something old (20,000 jobs)

June 30, 2019 at 8:47 p.m.

The chief executive of Charter Communications committed in a meeting with President Trump on Friday to invest $25 billion on broadband infrastructure while joining a trend of business leaders touting...

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