Marina Peña is a production assistant for Yahoo Finance, where she contributes to the programming of Market Movers and Midday Movers. She graduated from the University of Southern California with bachelor’s degrees in print and digital journalism and political economics. She previously worked for CNBC and NBC Los Angeles.
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Former Uber advisor: Let 'an open marketplace' pick the Democratic nominee
Instead of trying to get pundits to pin down who the next Democratic presidential nominee will be, Bradley Tusk, Founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures, says we need to have “the primaries serve as an open marketplace” and “let voters decide.”
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Billionaire investor Ken Fisher on the G20: 'It's kind of like the prom'
Investors shouldn’t get their hopes on anything happening at the G20 Summint, says billionaire investor Ken Fisher, because it's “kind of like the [high school] prom.”
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CEO of pioneering U.S. cannabis tech company: We connect 'every datapoint in the supply chain'
Marijuana software company Akerna KERN (KERN) is off to a very positive start with investors after listing on the Nasdaq this week.
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Brick-and-mortar retail is 'not dead,' former Whole Foods co-CEO says
Contrary to popular belief, brick and mortar retail is “not dead,” says Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods. It’s actually alive and well.
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US drivers could see a drop in gas prices amid trade tensions
As U.S. oil prices enter bear market territory amid trade tensions, drivers could see prices at the pump decline.
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Housing looks like a buyer's market for expensive homes
With mortgage rates down at about 4%, the housing market looks like a buyer’s market, but Jonathan Miller, CEO of Miller Samuel, says that may only be true for homes at “the high end of the market.”
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Why Pinterest has a chance to 'break the advertising duopoly of Google and Facebook'
Tom Forte, an analyst at D.A. Davidson, says Pinterest has the potential to “break the advertising duopoly of Google and Facebook.”
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Why new U.S.-China tariffs 'will have no impact on the real heart of the problem'
Bill Holstein, author of "The New Art of War: China's Deep Strategy Inside the United States,” says increasing tariffs will "have no impact on the real heart of the problem."
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Women Who Tech founder: Investors ‘are leaving billions’ behind by not funding women-led startups
With only 2.2% of investor dollars are going women-led startups, Women Who Tech is trying to help change that with the Women Startup Challenge.
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Emerging markets will be the 'global growth powerhouse over the next 10 years'
Emerging markets should form "a core part of your portfolio," according to Taimur Hyat, the Chief Operating Officer at PGIM.
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Author: 'Pirates were the millennials of the 18th century'
‘Be More Pirate’ author Sam Conniff Allende discusses how to be a more innovative entrepreneur.
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Venture capitalist: Natural food is the future
AccelFoods, a venture capital fund based in New York, is investing in the future of natural foods.
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Expert: Retirement is risky if you're 'overinvested in stocks’
With all the recent market volatility, Ric Edelman recommends that Americans nearing retirement "not be over-invested in stocks."
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Trucking app CEO: We're revolutionizing freight with phone tracking
Two former Amazon employees are trying to transform the $700 billion trucking industry with a trucking app called Convoy, which leverages data.
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Ohio Congressman: 'Our community is still in shock' over GM closure
“The community is still trying to get their head around the fact,” Ohio Representative Tim Ryan told Yahoo Finance about GM closures.
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Weed CEO: 'Edibles suffer from 3 major problems'
Edibles still quite aren't mainstream for various reasons, an edibles CEO tells Yahoo Finance recently on the Final Round.
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'Economic lifeline of the whole valley': Ohio mayor says GM closures would cost about 10,000 jobs
GM closures in Ohio would translate to 10,000 lost jobs, according to Youngstown's mayor.
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Millennials are already very worried about social security
Retirement money is a huge issue for millennials, according to a new survey of 1,200 Americans aged 20-to-36.
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Why Etsy loves women and women love Etsy
Etsy loves women because they are "our whole business," Etsy CEO Josh Silverman told Yahoo Finance’s Midday Movers.
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'People are turning back to their friends': New shopping app skirts fake online reviews
The Masse app seeks to help people separate the forged reviews from the trusted real ones by “making it easy for friends to ask for and share recommendations with each other."