Trump Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent once worked with George Soros, placing trades that bet against the pound, profiting more than $1 billion when the pound fell in value.

His chief competitor to be Liberal leader seems to be Chrystia Freeland, 56, an Alberta-born Rhodes scholar, former journalist and one-time finance minister who is yoked to Trudeau’s legacy in the ...

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks ending with ...

B.C. Premier David Eby and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey will speak to British Columbians on Thursday about proposed tariffs from the United States.

After hitting a new 5-month peak at the start of the week, 30-year refi rates dipped 11 points in two days. Other refi loan ...

Retail sales rose 0.4% in December. Economists had expected a 0.6% rise in spending, according to Bloomberg data. Meanwhile, ...

More of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks are facing confirmation hearings Thursday, including Lee Zeldin to run the Environmental Protection Agency and Scott Bessent, the nominee to be ...

U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say at his confirmation hearing that President-elect Donald Trump has an ...

President-elect Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024. (Photo by ... [+] Chip Somodevilla/) .

It took more than 15 months to get a ceasefire deal in Gaza that might last. But it took no time at all for a political ...

Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner in an effort to cut government costs, could make decisions that ultimately make him and ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service (ERS) to ...