Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of investment firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he would divest “all of my interests, my business interests, all of my assets, everything.”

Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he would sell all of his business holdings within 90 days.

Democrats are looking to exploit the Commerce secretary nominee’s vast wealth and financial entanglements at his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

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The billionaire Wall Street CEO fielded questions about tariffs, China's AI progress, broadband access, allegiance to Trump and the revival of American mining and semiconductor production.

Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department, will face questioning from the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Wednesday morning during a

Lutnick, a billionaire businessman and co-chair of President Donald Trump’s transition team, testifies Wednesday in his confirmation hearing to become commerce secretary.

The Commerce Secretary nominee called the law “necessary and important,” but stopped short of committing to honor the billions of dollars in finalized grant contracts.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc's office confirmed the video was texted to Howard Lutnick Wednesday evening after Lutnick discussed tariffs on Canada at his confirmation hearing.

Howard Lutnick, president Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, offers a detailed defence of tariffs in his confirmation hearing, the clearest signal yet from a cabinet pick that the new administration is prepared to impose the levies on allies and adversaries alike.

Amid concerns over Tether’s involvement in illegal finance, US lawmakers grilled Howard Lutnick about his firm's ties to Tether.