Large investors increased stake in Trump Media by hundreds of millions

SEC filing revelations raise questions about big business's desire to curry favor with Trump and his administration…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-media-tmtg-shares

 

Exclusive: Investor group to pressure utilities on net zero emissions deadline | Reuters

A coalition of investors with more than $60 trillion in assets under management is preparing to call on electric utility companies globally to move up their timeline by as much as 15 years to bring their net greenhouse gas emissions to zero…

https://www.reuters.com/article/utilities-climate-exclusive-idUSKBN2H92JW

Investors with $1.6 trillion in assets push Congress to back paid leave | Reuters

… The more than 100 investors, which include public pension funds, state treasurers and asset managers, said a paid leave policy would help to improve the U.S. economy and make the companies in which they hold shares perform better. "It's an economic security issue," said Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski. "We have seen through the pandemic that the U.S. not having this policy has taken women, for example, out of the workforce...

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/investors-with-16-trillion-assets-push-congress-back-paid-leave-2021-09-28/

CEOs and investors push world leaders for stronger climate action | Reuters

…To force corporate action, governments needed to change the rules of the game, they said, including by developing a market-based carbon pricing mechanism...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-ceos-letter-idUSKCN2DM098

Wall Street May Finally Be Taking Climate Change Seriously – Mother Jones

...Doing nothing will be bad for business, with 58 percent of the US suffering economic decline by 2060-2080 if nothing is done...

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/03/even-wall-street-may-be-warming-up-to-real-climate-action/

After Capitol violence, Trump brand partners eye dumping toxic asset: The president

"He was one of the strongest human brands we had ever seen," one branding expert said. "The guy burned his bridges."

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/after-capitol-violence-trump-brand-partners-eye-dumping-toxic-asset-n1253780

Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances — ProPublica

Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners and Prospect’s CEO, have cashed in.....
https://www.propublica.org/article/investors-extracted-400-million-from-a-hospital-chain-that-sometimes-couldnt-pay-for-medical-supplies-or-gas-for-ambulances

Could a recession be just around the corner? - The Conversation US

Financial markets are increasingly worried the US economy is heading for a crash. An economist explains what's got investors spooked. ....
https://theconversation.com/could-a-recession-be-just-around-the-corner-108372

Trump defrauded investors in marketing scheme, lawsuit says - The Washington Post

Trump's company says the suit, which alleges Trump knew a video phone business was a sham, is "meritless" and politically motivated. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defrauded-investors-in-marketing-scheme-lawsuit-says/2018/10/29/e9e1191c-db98-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html

The Real Reason the Investor Class Hates Pensions - The New York Times

No issue in America today better illustrates the divergent interests of working Americans and the 1 percent than pension reform. Substantial empirical evidence shows that America’s favored retirement vehicle — the 401(k), recently renounced by its own inventors — is grossly inadequate and will leave tens of millions of Americans with insufficient retirement assets. And yet states and cities are busy converting traditional pensions into these failing 401(k)s or equivalents, to the great benefit of money managers and the finance class.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/investor-class-pensions.html

The Republican Tax Bill Provides Huge Benefits to People Who Don't Work. But Only if They're Rich. -- Mother Jones

After decades of chastising the idle, Republicans are pushing a tax bill that specifically advantages rich people who don't work. But they aren't applying that standard for poor people. Once the tax bill passes, Republicans plan to make it easier for states to add work requirements for welfare recipients. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/the-republican-tax-bill-provides-huge-benefits-to-people-who-dont-work-but-only-if-theyre-rich/

Republicans Despise the Working Class - The New York Times

You can always count on Republicans to do two things: try to cut taxes for the rich and try to weaken the safety net for the poor and the middle class. That was true under George W. Bush, who sharply cut tax rates on the top 1 percent and tried to privatize Social Security. It has been equally true under President Trump; G.O.P. legislative proposals show not a hint of the populism Trump espoused on the campaign trail.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/opinion/republicans-working-class-taxes.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

Small Investors Face Steeper Tax Bill Under Senate Proposal -- The Wall Street Journal

A little-discussed provision in the Senate tax bill may lead to a higher tax bill for millions of small investors and could cause many to unload stocks before year-end to avoid those costs. ....
https://www.wsj.com/articles/small-investors-face-steeper-tax-bill-under-senate-proposal-1512988201

It sure looks like tax cut money is going to be spent on buybacks instead of hiring people or giving them raises -- CNBC

Critics of the Republican-sponsored plan say companies will use the windfall to reward investors with share buybacks and dividends. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/07/worst-fears-of-corporate-tax-cut-opponents-showing-signs-of-coming-true.html

Trump's Tax Promises Undercut by CEO Plans to Help Investors -- Bloomberg

Major companies including Cisco Systems Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. say they'll turn over most gains from proposed corporate tax cuts to their shareholders, undercutting President Donald Trump's promise that his plan will create jobs and boost wages for the middle class. ....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/trump-s-tax-promises-undercut-by-ceo-plans-to-reward-investors