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☆ Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on TikTok: We are interested in buying or investing in it
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on TikTok: We are interested in buying or investing in itFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary and Liberty Strategic Capital founder and managing partner Steven Mnuchin joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the future of TikTok, Chinese government implications, asset value, and more.

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☆ New York Community Bank’s online arm is paying the nation’s highest interest rate
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A New York Community Bank stands in Brooklyn on February 08, 2024 in New York City. New York Community Bank , the regional lender that needed a $1 billion-plus lifeline last month, is offering the country's highest interest rate for a savings account. The standout rate could be a sign that NYCB is facing funding pressure, Tumin said. "It looks like they're trying really hard to attract deposits," Tumin said. The bank announced a capital injection from investors led by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital on March 6.

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From 1985 to 2002, he worked at Goldman Sachs, one of the most storied — and criticized — investment banks on Wall Street. He famously swooped in to turn around the struggling IndyMac bank after its failure in the financial crisis of 2008. Earlier this month, Mnuchin jumped back into the headlines when his PE firm led a roughly $1 billion investment in embattled New York Community Bancorp. In 2009, OneWest Bank Group, where Mnuchin was chairman and CEO, bought the troubled IndyMac after federal regulators took over the bank. Mnuchin was Treasury secretary in 2020, when the Trump administration brokered a deal where Oracle and Walmart would take a large stake in TikTok.

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☆ Steve Mnuchin breaks out the checkbook
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Mnuchin rebornNine months after President Joe Biden was inaugurated and Mnuchin left the Treasury Building, Mnuchin formed a new private equity group, Liberty Strategic Capital. Steven Mnuchin's private equity firm made a $450 million investment in New York Community Bank last week. When Mnuchin left CIT less than two years later, he received a $10.9 million severance package. “It’s a great business and I’m going to put together a group to buy TikTok,” Mnuchin told visibly stunned anchors on CNBC Thursday morning. Mnuchin may be the founder and managing partner of Liberty Strategic Capital, but Saudi Arabia is reportedly covering a big chunk of his firm’s tab.

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☆ Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Government spending is what caused inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Government spending is what caused inflationFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary and Liberty Strategic Capital founder and managing partner Steven Mnuchin joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments around a potential TikTok ban, why he's putting together a group to buy the social media app, whether he believes the app poses a national security risk, his thoughts on entitlements, state of the U.S. economy, and more.

Persons: Steven Mnuchin Organizations: Former, U.S, Treasury, Liberty Strategic Capital Locations: U.S

☆ Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTokFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary and Liberty Strategic Capital founder and managing partner Steven Mnuchin joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments around a potential TikTok ban, why he's putting together a group to buy the social media app, whether he believes the app poses a national security risk, his thoughts on entitlements, state of the U.S. economy, and more.

Persons: Mnuchin, Steven Mnuchin Organizations: Former, Former U.S, Treasury, Liberty Strategic Capital Locations: U.S

☆ Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy TikTok. “It’s a great business and I’m going to put together a group to buy TikTok,” Mnuchin told CNBC Thursday morning. Even though TikTok is likely unprofitable, “it’s worth a lot of money,” he added. Mnuchin, though, said he’s looking to find a solution where the Chinese government will allow TikTok to be sold without a technology transfer. Even if that happens, any kind of TikTok ban would likely be fought in courts.

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☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with former Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary and Liberty Strategic Capital founder and managing partner Steven Mnuchin joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments around a potential TikTok ban, why he's putting together a group to buy the social media app, whether he believes the app poses a national security risk, his thoughts on entitlements, state of the U.S. economy, and more.

Persons: Steven Mnuchin Organizations: Steven Mnuchin Former U.S, Treasury, Liberty Strategic Capital Locations: Steven Mnuchin Former, U.S

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is building an investor group to acquire ByteDance's TikTok, as a bipartisan piece of legislation winding its way through Congress threatens its continued existence in the U.S. "It's a great business and I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTok." There's no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China," Mnuchin said. Last week, Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital was a lead investor in a $1 billion capital raise to stabilize New York Community Bancorp. That administration also took an antagonistic stance toward TikTok, which ultimately resulted in ByteDance striking a data partnership with Oracle .

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☆ It's been one year since SVB's collapse sent shockwaves through the banking sector. Here's where the industry and our financial names stand now
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

It's been a year this week since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves through the banking sector. Wells Fargo shares got a big boost after a key win with regulators in mid-February. It would allow Wells Fargo to finally grow its assets again and help rake in more profits. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley (MS) year-to-date performance Conversely, the Club's other bank stock, Morgan Stanley , has been lagging in 2024 — down 7% year to date. A combination file photo shows Wells Fargo, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

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☆ Premarket stocks: Why another unexpectedly hot jobs report could derail markets
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Wall Street was taken aback by the US labor market’s resilience in January. Another unexpectedly hot report could shake things up again. The January jobs report showed that the US economy added a stunning 353,000 jobs that month and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7%. The new EU regulations force sweeping changes on some of the world’s most widely used tech products, including Apple’s app store, Google search and messaging platforms, including Meta’s WhatsApp. The broad obligations apply only to the EU, which could leave tech users in the United States and other markets looking longingly at some of the features Big Tech is rolling out in response to the European directive.

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☆ Premarket: Investors are obsessed with this AI stock you may never have heard of
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Nvidia isn’t the only stock capturing the attention of AI enthusiasts these days. Nvidia closed above a $2 trillion market cap on March 1, joining an elite cohort including Apple and Microsoft. Supermicro’s stock gained even more momentum in January, after the company reported second-quarter results that blew past expectations and raised its full-year revenue forecast. Supermicro’s stock was one of the most popular names bought by Charles Schwab clients in February, according to the firm’s latest trading activity index. New York Community Bank gets $1 billion ‘lifeline’Beleaguered regional lender New York Community Bank is receiving a more than $1 billion equity investment, reports my colleague Elisabeth Buchwald.

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☆ Customers are pulling their cash from NYCB, but it’s no bank run
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Customers of New York Community Bank (NYCB) pulled $6 billion worth of deposits between February 5 and March 5, leaving the bank’s deposit base 7% lower, at $77 billion. However, the pattern is not indicative of a bank run, which these days can drain a lender of funds in mere hours. Shortly ahead of its demise, depositors at Silicon Valley Bank tried withdrawing $42 billion in one day over fears they wouldn’t be able to access their funds if the bank failed. On Thursday’s call, NYCB also announced it’s slashing its dividend to one penny a share. Increasing both means the bank has fewer funds available to lend, which as a result would limit its profitability.

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☆ NYCB says it lost 7% of deposits in the past month, slashes dividend to 1 cent
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

New York Community Bank said Thursday it lost 7% of its deposits in the turbulent month before announcing a $1 billion-plus capital injection from investors led by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital. The bank had $77.2 billion in deposits as of March 5, NYCB said in an investor presentation tied to the capital raise. NYCB also said it's slashing its quarterly dividend for the second time this year, to 1 cent per share from 5 cents, an 80% drop. In a little more than a month, the bank changed its CEO twice, saw two rounds of rating agency downgrades and announced deepening losses. At its nadir, NYCB's stock sank below $2 per share Wednesday, down more than 40%, before ultimately rebounding and ending the day higher.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Victoria's Secret, Novo Nordisk, Intel, Shake Shack and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Victoria's Secret said it anticipates a larger-than-expected decline in revenues for the first quarter and full year. Novo Nordisk — Shares rallied nearly 8.9% to record high level after the company reported positive Phase I trial results for its new experimental weight loss drug amycretin. The company reported adjusted earnings of 61 cents per share on $1.68 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter. Analysts had estimated earnings of 50 cents per share on $1.67 billion in revenue, according to LSEG. Burlington Stores — The stock rose 7.5% after Burlington posted a fourth-quarter beat on adjusted earnings per share and revenue.

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☆ New York Community Bank Raises $1 Billion in Emergency Cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Rob Copeland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York Community Bank, the midsize lender under pressure over its real estate loans and internal management, announced an overhaul on Wednesday that included more than $1 billion in emergency cash, the addition of former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to its board and the appointment of its third chief executive in a month. The investment of more than $1 billion includes cash from Mr. Mnuchin’s private equity firm, Liberty Strategic Capital, and Kenneth Griffin’s Citadel Global Equities, among others. The bank’s new chief executive, Joseph Otting, worked closely with Mr. Mnuchin in the past. He ran OneWest Bank, then owned by Mr. Mnuchin, for five years. He also oversaw the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one of the banking industry’s primary regulators, during the Trump administration.

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☆ Why private equity has been involved in every recent bank deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Greg Nash | ReutersThe $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank announced Wednesday is the latest example of private equity players coming to the need of a wounded American lender. Led by $450 million from ex-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital, a group of private investors are plowing fresh funds into NYCB. That happened to Silicon Valley Bank, whose failure to raise funding last year was effectively its death knell. On Wednesday, headlines around noon that NYCB was seeking capital sent its shares down by 42% before trading was halted. "With private deals, you can talk for a while, and we almost got to the finish line before there was any publicity."

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☆ 'Mnuchin has not been in the room': Trump Treasury secretary absent from 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After serving in the Trump administration for four years, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is keeping his distance from the Republican former president and his campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. "Mnuchin has not been in the room," said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist who is advising Trump. A person close to Mnuchin who was granted anonymity in order to recount private conversations, said Mnuchin supports Trump's 2024 run for president. In 2016, Mnuchin was Trump's national finance chairman during his first run for the White House. For now, Mnuchin's private equity firm, Liberty Strategic Capital, takes up most of his time, people close to the former secretary told CNBC.

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☆ Cybersecurity Firm BlueVoyant Buys Conquest Cyber, Discloses $140 Million Funding Round
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Kim S. Nash | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BlueVoyant’s $140 million investment round is one of the larger such transactions in the cybersecurity market this year. Photo: RSA ConferenceCybersecurity company BlueVoyant has bought Conquest Cyber, a startup focused on the government and defense sectors, its fifth acquisition since 2020. BlueVoyant Chief Executive James Rosenthal said his company also closed a Series E funding round of more than $140 million, which facilitated the acquisition. Private-equity firm Liberty Strategic Capital and cybersecurity investor Istari led the round.

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☆ How UnitedHealth Group grew bigger than the nation's biggest banks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Charlotte Morabito | In Charlottemorabito | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

UnitedHealth Group has the highest price per share of any company on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and it's the tenth heaviest-weighted stock on the S&P 500. In fact, not only is UnitedHealth the biggest health-care conglomerate in the United States based on market cap and revenue, it's even bigger than JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank. "If I had to pick one stock, only one stock to buy, I'd buy United[Health]," said Ana Gupte, principal at AG Health Advisors. "UnitedHealth Group is committed to improving the health system for everyone, advancing evidence-based practice and aligning incentives across the system to ensure people get the right care at the right time in the right place," UnitedHealth Group told CNBC. Watch the video above to learn how UnitedHealth Group grew so big and what that means for the U.S. health-care system.

☆ AI startup cloud deals by Microsoft, Google and Amazon ring 'accounting alarm bells' across Silicon Valley over revenue 'round-tripping'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Eugene Kim | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Some investors question whether these arrangements are artificially juicing cloud revenue growth. When Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI earlier this year, the deal made Azure the ChatGPT-maker's "exclusive cloud provider." There's another deal in the works with similar attributes involving Runway AI and a major cloud company. But they are drawing more scrutiny lately because they could artificially inflate cloud revenue, a key driver of growth for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, according to Ted Mortonson, managing director of financial-services firm Baird. Is OpenAI a regular cloud customer that is getting no investment money from Microsoft?

☆ Trump and Kushner's Saudi Ties Are an Ethical Minefield: Watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Weeks after leaving office, Jared Kushner obtained a $2 billion investment from the Saudi government. The Saudi support came despite the kingdom's own financial advisers urging against any investment in Kushner's new company, citing the "inexperience" of its top brass. Let's start with Jared Kushner before we get into the LIV Golf situation. You have John Bolton, Trump's own national security advisor, making it very clear that you had somebody, like Jared — and President Trump, apparently — working to promote their business interests. Trump, not only did he keep his company, the Trump Organization, but he's a transactional president, right?

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Target, Micron, Walmart, Lyft, Affirm, Roku & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bank of America downgrades Deutsche Bank to underperform from neutral Bank of America said it sees waning profitability for the European banking giant. Jefferies reiterates Walmart as buy Jefferies said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock heading into earnings later this month. Guggenheim reiterates Target as buy Guggenheim says it's standing by shares of the e-commerce giant heading into earnings later this month. Oppenheimer reiterates Roku as outperform Oppenheimer said it's standing by its outperform rating on shares of Roku. Bank of America initiates Freyr Battery as buy Bank of America said it sees an attractive risk/reward for the battery company. "

☆ Tokyo booms for shareholder-relations advisers as activists raise pressure
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Makiko Yamazaki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Men walk past an electric board displaying Nikkei and other countries' indexes outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 16, 2023. At that company, activist shareholders have forced board changes, rejected the management's turnaround plan and prompted the company to consider going private to remove them. Shareholder relations advisers do that, too, and they say they are generally more focused on longer-term strategies. EY announced a foray into shareholder relations in Japan in December, with a full-service line-up from identification of shareholders to proxy solicitation. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp said it would continue to expand its shareholder-relations support unit, Japan Shareholder Services Ltd (JSS), which now has about 80 staff members.

☆ Opening keynote: Finance, technology and national security
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin played a major role in pushing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through congress and in the Trump Administration's tumultuous trade negotiations with China, where technology was a central theme of those discussions. Now in the private sector, Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital is investing $2.5 billion in startups focused on cybersecurity and fintech. He joined CNBC's TEC Summit on Nov. 15, 2022 with a wide-ranging discussion on geopolitical technology and finance issues. Steven Mnuchin, Liberty Strategic Capital Founder & Managing Partner and 77th US Secretary of TreasuryInterviewer: Melissa Lee, CNBC Host, "Fast Money" & "Options Action"

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