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Investor who pushed California minimum wage measure ‘disappointed’ by defeat

Entrepreneur and anti-poverty activist Joe Samberg, who spearheaded the recently defeated state ballot measure to raise California's minimum wage, said he was “frustrated and disappointed” by the loss but expressed concern for struggling Californians. He vowed to continue working for the cause. Proposition 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to […]

Investor overseeing $1 trillion at Nuveen names her No. 1 idea right now – CNBC

Investors looking for opportunities in this rising market may want to take a look at U.S. small-cap stocks, according to Nuveen's Saira Malik. “There's still room for this upside, but given the valuation, we need to be cautious,” the company's chief investment officer said Wednesday on CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference. “That's why we're looking at […]

McDonald’s shares plunge on investor panic over E. coli outbreak

McDonald's stock fell as much as 6% Wednesday following an E. coli outbreak linked to the Golden Arches' famous Quarter Pounder burger that sickened about 50 people and killed one. Shares of the world's largest hamburger chain fell from $314.70 per share at Tuesday's close to $299.61 per share by late Wednesday morning. “This public […]

Billionaire investor says market is 'very convinced' of Trump victory

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said Wednesday that the market is “very confident” that former President Trump will win the election. “I have to say that over the past 12 days, the market and the markets inside are very confident that Trump will win,” Druckenmiller said. said in an interview Co-starred with the same station's Sonali […]

Activist investor Elliott takes Southwest fight to shareholders, nominates eight directors

Elliott Investment Management is calling for a special stockholder meeting to take the fight to Southwest Airlines to investors and vote on new director candidates who will ultimately steer the company's strategy. Elliott has taken the highly unusual step of convening the meeting, which it has been telegraphing for weeks after concluding that the airline's […]

US dividend ETFs bask in investor attention after jumbo Fed rate cut – Yahoo Finance

Written by Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – Flows into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in high-dividend stocks have surged since the Federal Reserve began its rate-cutting cycle last month, but U.S. Treasury yields have The rise in dividends could slow down the flood of dividends. Investor's funds. The group of 135 U.S. dividend ETFs tracked […]