Tag: Donald Trump

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC

  Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

  

  US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  A repeat of the Corbyn surprise in United States?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Jeremy “Jez” Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are very much alike - and so are their ambitions. Corbyn wants to lead Britain's Labour Party into the next election and become prime minister; Sanders wants to win the Democratic Party nomination and become the next President of the United States. And then each man plans to turn his country sharply to the left.

• Saturday, September 5th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Trump pledges not to run as independent candidate; tells Jeb Bush to speak in English

  

  Republican front-runner Donald Trump has bowed to pressure from the party establishment and signed a pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 09:08 UTC

  Trump blasts Saudi Arabia for making 'a billion a day' and funding terrorism

  

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backed the commitment of ground troops if necessary to cripple the Islamic State and complained the US has always come out in support of Saudi Arabia, and while they make 'a billion a day', they are also the world's biggest funder of terrorism.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump dominates the Republican race for US president following the debate among ten contenders

  

  Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. The tycoon's refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night. And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  “You're fired!” NBC tells Donald Trump's and Mexicans-hate campaign

  

  NBC has ended its relationship with real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump and his “Miss USA” and “Miss Universe” pageants after he made comments insulting Mexicans when he began his run for president. The pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC-Universal and Trump, would no longer air on NBC “due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants” the company said in a press release.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 09:54 UTC

  Trump opens 70-story luxury hotel in Panama, the tallest building in Latin America

  

  Untied States billionaire Donald Trump marked his entry into Latin American real estate Wednesday with the opening in the capital of Panama of his 70-story luxury resort, the tallest building in Latin America.