INTERVIEW — STUART VARNEY – Anchor of “Varney and Company” on FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, airing Weekdays at 9AM ET
- STOCK MARKET: The Trump rally: It’s stunning and it’s broad: The explosive post-election rally continues. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all hit record highs again Thursday. And just about every part of the market is getting a Trump bump. Nearly three-quarters of the stocks in the S&P 500 are up since November 8. What’s more, about half of those winners have gained at least 10%.
- Bull market since Trump has grown 401k retirements, value of companies…
- TRUMP CABINET: Trump taps Andrew Puzder, CEO of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., as Labor secretary. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Andrew Puzder, the head of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fast food restaurants, as his nominee for Labor secretary. Puzder, 66, is a vocal critic of government regulation and opposes a $15 minimum wage, broader overtime pay and the Affordable Care Act.
- Trump’s labor secretary pick: “I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis” / “I like our ads. I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American,” Puzder told Entrepreneur in 2015. “I used to hear, brands take on the personality of the CEO. And I rarely thought that was true, but I think this one, in this case, it kind of did take on my personality.”
