President-elect Joe Biden has picked a pair of veteran regulators strongly backed by progressive Democrats to lead two key Wall Street watchdogs, signaling that his administration is planning tough oversight after four years of light-touch policies under appointees of President Donald Trump.

The minimum wage increases proposed as part of President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 stimulus plan will face the usual forces for and against higher wage mandates—but with the heightened intensity of the pandemic’s effects on workers and businesses.

President-elect Joe Biden will take office on Wednesday surrounded by a Cabinet made up largely, if not entirely, of acting secretaries after circumstances combined to slow Senate confirmation of his nominees for top posts.

President-elect Joe Biden plans an early blitz of executive action to reverse some of President Donald Trump’s most contentious policies and address the coronavirus pandemic, according to an outline of Biden’s first 10 days in office.

Pressure on major U.S. companies to respond to a Trump-incited riot at the U.S. Capitol is spotlighting social responsibility and political spending calculations that are emerging as a priority in executive offices and boardrooms.

President-elect Joe Biden says he hopes for quick approval of his sweeping economic stimulus plan that would pump $1.9 trillion into the economy in the form of direct household assistance, jobless benefits and money for vaccine distribution, schools and child care.