The landscape for the investment industry remains uncertain as the financial advisors and broker-dealers are yet to know the intention of the incoming administration regarding the fiduciary rule. The rule was passed earlier this year and is scheduled to take effect on April 10, 2017.

The top people from Apple, Alphabet, Facebook, and Microsoft are set to have a meeting with Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump has been filling his cabinet with surprising choices. His picks to hold significant positions in the cabinet are known adversaries of the agencies they will hold. Although his choices did not receive wide favorable response, he believes that his cabinet will remove regulations that stifle growth.

Two giant providers, AT&T and Time Warner proposed an $85 billion deal to merge the companies in order to provide more innovation in the industry. The merger, however, faced tough questions in the Senate as the regulators are skeptic about the possible effects of such large-scale deal to pricing and competition.

President-elect Donald Trump met with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son on Tuesday. The telecom mogul confirmed his plan to invest $50 billion in the U.S., with the aim of creating 50,000 jobs.

According to a study during the presidential election, Donald Trump had got his high votes from area which are mostly affected by drugs and alcohol abuse.

There is a new implement EPA rules and a percentage of this have been imposed by the President Obama.

Independent presidential candidate Roque De La Fuente requested and paid for the ballot recounts of five counties in Nevada. He said in a statement that his sole interest is to create awareness on the election system.

Jill Stein has already raised $6.3 million for her call for an election recount, close to the target of $7 million. The fund will be used to cover for the expenses in the recount for votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

President Barrack Obama has been the target of a Facebook rant posted by a Regions Bank VP. In response, the bank fired the associate and disavowed her comments.