Donald Trump to tap Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary, ending fierce battle for key job: sources
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Donald Trump to tap Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary, ending fierce battle for key job: sources

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump will name hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent as the next treasury secretary, four sources tell The Post, ending a rough-and-tumble race that saw fierce jockeying among power players across Wall Street. Bessent “got the thumbs up” late Thursday during a meeting with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort…

It Will Only Take You One Hour to Fall in Love with ‘Industry’
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It Will Only Take You One Hour to Fall in Love with ‘Industry’

ByNews Polite

All you need is one hour.  Less than an hour, actually. 51 minutes: That’s how long it will take you to watch the first episode of Industry, HBO/Max’s buzzy series about sex, drugs, friendship, money, life, and death among the young sharks of London’s financial industry. And that’s all you’ll…

Financial burdens of being single stress out most women: study
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Financial burdens of being single stress out most women: study

ByNews Polite

Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than couple up. The “singles tax” — the higher costs that singles pay financially supporting themselves — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would still rather be on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of…

JPMorgan Chase ‘requires workers give 6 months notice’
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JPMorgan Chase ‘requires workers give 6 months notice’

ByNews Polite

A veteran JPMorgan Chase banker fumed over the financial giant’s policy requiring staffers to give six months notice before being allowed to leave for another job. The Wall Street worker, who claims to earn around $400,000 annually in total compensation after accumulating 15 years of experience, griped that the lengthy…