Friday, December 2, 2016

Friday's Headlines: Trump’s complex stock portfolio is rife with potential conflicts

Shouting match erupts between Trump and Clinton aides at post-election Harvard event; President-elect sees 'consequences' for U.S. companies that relocate offshore ; After a toddler accidentally shot his sister, a family's wounds run deep;
 
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Trump's complex stock portfolio is rife with potential conflicts
The president-elect has reported owning millions in stock in companies from financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo to energy companies like ExxonMobil and Halliburton, all of which could benefit from his policies.
Shouting match erupts between Trump and Clinton aides at post-election Harvard event
Top strategists for Hillary Clinton's campaign said their GOP counterparts legitimized racism.
 
President-elect sees 'consequences' for U.S. companies that relocate offshore
The president-elect's warning — delivered as he celebrated heating and air conditioning company Carrier's decision not to close a furnace plant in Indiana and send jobs to Mexico -— set the stage for an unusual level of intervention by the White House into private enterprise.
 
After a toddler accidentally shot his sister, a family's wounds run deep
A great-grandfather left out a gun. A grandmother didn't see it. And a boy reached for it, pulled the trigger, and accidentally killed his 9-year-old sister. Now a family is trying to figure out how to recover.
 
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Trump should keep this part of Obamacare
 
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How Goldman Sachs returned to the presidential inner circle
The sometimes controversial relationship between Goldman Sachs and Washington goes back decades, but recent years have seen the investment bank sidelined. Now it and the rest of Wall Street's elite are poised for a comeback.
Child sex abuse allegations against British soccer clubs grow to about 350 cases
The widening investigations into the claims and possible coverups have rocked Britain's most popular sport and its affiliated clubs, including their system of youth camps.
In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg was executed for being a Soviet spy. Now, her sons ask Obama to exonerate her.
Brothers Michael and Robert, now 73 and 69, say their mother was wrongly convicted and sentenced, though they admit their father, Julius Rosenberg, was a spy.
Fidel Castro is dead, but Cubans want some of his policies to continue
Cubans lack basic freedoms but enjoy a degree of public safety and government programs that are rare in Latin America, including free education and health care.
These volunteers step in when Americans land in trouble abroad
Every country with a State Department presence has volunteer wardens, typically U.S. expats, to help American tourists who can't get to an embassy after their trips have taken an unpredictable turn down an unimaginable road.
 
     
 
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