During a press conference Monday, President-elect Trump discussed how CEOs and business leaders from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are rushing to meet with him and build personal relationships in the weeks before his inauguration. Trump took note of just how different a tone it has been compared to 2016. To break down why, Geoff Bennett spoke with Brian Schwartz of The Wall Street Journal.

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Ken Griffin, leader of the Citadel financial empire, didn't help the campaign because he disagreed with the president-elect's protectionist ideas, but he is excited about his new administration. Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of the Citadel financial empire, plans to donate US$ 1 million (about R$ 6.1 million) to the fund to finance the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in January after refusing to contribute to his campaign dur…

Ken Griffin, líder do império financeiro Citadel, não ajudou a campanha por discordar das ideias protecionistas do presidente eleito, mas está empolgado com o novo governo dele  Ken Griffin, o bilionário fundador do império financeiro Citadel, planeja doar US$ 1 milhão (cerca de R$ 6,1 milhões) para o fundo de financiamento da posse do presidente eleito Donald Trump, em janeiro, após ter se recusado a contribuir para sua campanha durante a corri…

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(Reuters) -Uber Technologies and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each donated $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The ride-hailing firm joins a list of several large businesses that have sought to build a positive relationship with the incoming Trump administration after he won the election in November. The donations by Uber and Khosrowshahi were first reported by The Wall S…

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In May of 2023, the world watched as Charles III was crowned King of England after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96. Very few people alive could have remembered her coronation almost 71 years before and most Americans' only familiarity with that medieval ritual comes…

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Tech companies are gearing up for Donald Trump's inauguration. Recently, some of the biggest companies have donated significant sums to the president-elect's inauguration fund. In the US, funds for the ceremony and related events also come from private pockets. It's a common concept. List The ...

Technologické společnosti se připravují na nástup Donalda Trumpa do úřadu. V poslední době některé z těch největších darovaly nemalé částky do inauguračního fondu zvoleného prezidenta. V USA prostředky na ceremoniál a přidružené akce přichází také ze soukromých kapes. Jde o běžný koncept. List The ...

Nebudeme tomu říkat úplatek. Velké technologické firmy darují miliony na Trumpovu inauguraci

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We won't call it a bribe. Big tech companies donate millions to Trump's inauguration

Everyone, including tech company CEOs, wants to be friends with President-elect Donald Trump, signaling that the American economy could be on the verge of coming back in a big way. Since his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, leaders of all industries have flocked to Mar-a-Lago to talk business and politics with Trump. While the threat of tariffs may be drawing some of them in, like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, others are moti…

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Sam Altman is a longtime Democratic donor, but now he’s sending $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Altman, the cofounder and CEO of OpenAI, followed Amazon and Meta, which each donated $1 million too. Altman said, “President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead,” Altman wrote in a statement. The AI search engine Perplexity joined in the donation spree, of…

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Share“Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.” —Donald Trump Dec. 10, 2024The 1986 American Heritage Dictionary defines fascism as:“fascism (făsh'ĩz'am) n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and bu…

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