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• n  someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

• Big investors are pressuring companies to let them have some input on executive compensation.
• Left in Madoff's wake are bankrupt investors, mortified regulators and a raft of unnoticed red flags.
• There's an unpleasant surprise awaiting the last investors to leave a hedge fund.

News & Articles

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• Investor Presses Smithfield to Carve Itself Up
  An investor owning 5.7% of Smithfield's shares urged the meat producer to consider a breakup.
  June 17, 2013 - FOX Business
• Smithfield Foods investor says sale price is too low
  An investor is urging Smithfield Foods shareholders to turn down an acquisition by Shuanghui International, arguing the deal undervalues America's largest hog farmer and pork processor.        
  June 17, 2013 - Daily Press
• Activist Investor Urges Smithfield To Consider Breakup Instead Of Sale
  Activist Investor Urges Smithfield To Consider Breakup Instead Of Sale
  June 17, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  Obama told reporters on Tuesday that while bankers shouldn't get rich on the taxpayers' dime, "the rest of us can't afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit. That drive is what has always fueled our prosperity,...
• Bill Ford in 940 News
  We welcome confidence in Ford and the progress we are making on our transformation plan. Any investor can purchase Ford shares, which are sold on the open market,Mulally and Ford executive chairman Bill Ford said in a joint statement. "The...
• Henry Paulson in USA Today
  The objective here is to get the balance right: Regulation needs to catch up with innovation and help restore investor confidence but not go so far as to create new problems,Paulson said.