Trump plans to nominate Mnuchin ally for key comptroller of the currency role

White House plans nominations to key posts, including comptroller of the currency The Trump administration announced plans for long-delayed nominations to key posts, including tapping former One West CEO Joseph Otting for comptroller of the currency. Otting, whose...

DealBook: Marc Kasowitz, ‘Toughest of the Tough Guys,’ Stands Beside Trump

June 5, 2017 Andrew Ross Sorkin When James B. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., testifies in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his ousting by President Trump, one man is likely to be watching perhaps even more intently than the...

Asian stocks stumble, oil creeps up as markets ponder fallout of Mideast tension

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks retreated on Tuesday after Wall Street’s stumble overnight, while oil inched up from the previous day losses as lower Libyan oil production assuaged concerns that the severing of ties with Qatar by other Arab states could...