Trump selects former Sen. Coats for top intelligence post
The role would thrust the 73-year-old Coats, who retired from the U.S. Senate last year, into the center of the intelligence community the president-elect has publicly challenged.
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Coats reportedly Trump’s favorite candidate for intelligence post
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats is the front-runner to become Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, according to two people familiar with the decision.
Trump to pick deals lawyer Clayton to lead SEC
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Sullivan & Cromwell partner Jay Clayton to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, positioning a top lawyer to banks and hedge funds to lead Wall Street’s main regulator.
Ford gives Trump ‘vote of confidence’ after Mexican plant decision
Ford is canceling plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and will instead invest some of that money in a U.S. factory that will build new electric and autonomous vehicles.
Great expectations: Small businesses upbeat about 2017
Many business owners are optimistic because they expect President-elect Donald Trump to deliver on promises to lower taxes and roll back regulations including parts of the health care law.
2016 TOP STORIES: Dramatic year sends Pence to D.C., Republicans to Statehouse
Donald Trump’s big victory in Indiana means his running mate Mike Pence will be vice president. It also swept Eric Holcomb into the governor’s office and Todd Young into the U.S. Senate.
Real estate agents lick chops as wealthy Trump team moves into D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump is moving to the nation’s capital next month and bringing with him an administration of millionaires and billionaires who are going to need places to live. Many are looking right now.
Indiana’s electors expected to cast ballots for Trump
In Indiana, home state to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, none designated as electors by Trump’s November victory is expected to buck their party.
Anthem-Cigna merger goes to judge for ruling that could end deal
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., will issue a decision on whether the combination of the companies risks higher costs for large employers around the country and should be blocked.
Trump would likely face battle in reducing F-35 program
After President-elect Donald Trump attacked the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Monday as “out of control,” several lawmakers praised the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition, aware of the tens of thousands of jobs the aircraft generates in 45 states.
Trump tweets that F-35 program—which involves Rolls-Royce—is too costly
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that costs for the F-35 fighter-jet program, the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, are “out of control.” The Indianapolis operations of Rolls-Royce are significantly involved in the F-35 program.
Small business owners have post-election surge in confidence
Just over half the owners surveyed said they believed actions by the administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Congress will make their companies better off.
Rollback of truck safety rules may be just the beginning
The trucking industry scored a victory this week when Republican lawmakers effectively blocked Obama administration safety rules aimed at keeping tired truckers off the highway.
After Carrier deal, will more manufacturers threaten to leave?
The state rarely has to dole out incentives to retain jobs. Experts differ on whether that’s likely to change in the wake of the $7 million deal state officials cut to keep an Indianapolis HVAC plant open.
Trump’s ‘retribution’ tax stirs questions, GOP resistance
Donald Trump’s threats to use taxes as “retribution” against U.S. companies that move jobs overseas are legally dubious, tax specialists say—and they’re prompting resistance from some Republican leaders who fear a coming era of economic protectionism.
Some Indiana employers abiding by overtime rule, even though it’s in limbo
The rule—which raised the pay threshold for salaried workers to be exempt from overtime pay—would have affected about 87,000 Indiana workers if fully implemented as planned on Dec. 1. It’s now in limbo due to a court decision.
Trump threatens payback for U.S. companies that move abroad
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose heavy taxes on U.S. companies that move jobs overseas and still try to sell their products to Americans.
Pence: Trump call with Taiwanese leader a ‘courtesy call’
The phone call drew an irritated response from China, whose foreign minister called the contact a "small trick by Taiwan" and noted that "healthy" U.S.-China relations hinge upon the so-called "one-China" policy.
Trump claims victory at Carrier, but many manufacturing battles remain
Union workers and economists say pressuring individual factory owners won’t save U.S. manufacturing jobs lost to economic forces that are beyond the control of companies or the president.
House passes bill aimed at overhauling Dodd-Frank law
The House legislation is portrayed by its backers as a potential boon to regional or large community banks that didn't contribute to the financial meltdown, as opposed to the Wall Street powerhouses.