ASIA hedge funds rebounded in 2024, with many posting double-digit gains as China stocks recovered, Japan’s equity rally hit new heights and some managers reached further afield for profitable trades.

President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave. On Tuesday, the White House ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is in the process of purging more than 1,000 Biden appointees from their government roles, and has already announced several high-profile firings, placed ...

Donald Trump has wasted no time in getting to work after being sworn in as president on Monday (20 January), publicly sacking White House staff. The 78-year-old's inauguration was not short of ...

1:53 Trump acts fast on campaign promises with sweeping executive orders President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that ...

The Trump administration is moving to put employees in federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. The move, which calls for agencies to develop a ...

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President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday. The memo, sent to heads ...

After a six-game losing skid that culminated in a clock mismanagement fiasco and loss to the Lions, the Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus in late November. His tenure was ripe with change, as he ...

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The second Donald Trump administration will start with fewer key staff in place than when Trump entered the White House for the first time eight years ago, with just a quarter of the political ...