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Vexation gives way to pragmatism as Wall St girds for Trump

Bankers, lobbyists are hoping their path to influence will be clearer in the coming weeks

Published Thu, Nov 10, 2016 · 09:50 PM

New York

WALL Street power brokers may have rolled their eyes in private when ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Steven Mnuchin agreed to be Donald Trump's national finance chairman, but now they are lining up to meet him.

Financial lobbyists and their bosses are hoping that Mr Mnuchin and others whom Mr Trump has enlisted as advisers will help convey their views and act as interpreters of the president-elect's so far at times confusing messages.

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