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Trump's Time Has 'Come And Gone' Says Home Depot Co-Founder As GOP Megadonor Endorses Nikki Haley: 'American People Need This Kind Of Leadership'
Saturday, December 9, 2023 - 7:00am | 481Read More...Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone, who was once a supporter of former president Donald Trump, thinks that his time has "come and gone." The GOP megadonor threw his weight behind former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. What Happened: Langone thinks Haley's approach to the 2024 presidential...
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Home Depot Co-Founder Ken Langone Considers Shifting Support From Ron DeSantis To Nikki Haley: 'The Only Person...Who Can Give Trump A Run For His Money'
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - 6:00am | 555Read More...In a recent development, billionaire and co-founder of Home Depot, Ken Langone, has expressed plans to meet with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and presidential hopeful, Nikki Haley. This move comes as Langone contemplates shifting his support to Haley in...
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Ken Langone's Inside Account Of General Electric's Blunders
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:23pm | 553Read More...Ken Langone, the co-founder of Invemed Associates and co-founder of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), also served on General Electric Company (NYSE: GE)'s board of directors. He offered his story of how the conglomerate has become a "colossal failure in governance" on CNBC Wednesday....
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Some Millennials Expect To Work Until They Die
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 10:11am | 396Read More...Warren Buffett is still going strong at the tender age of 85. The same can be said for his trusted right-hand man and 92-year-old business partner Charlie Munger. Other well-known executives such as Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS)'s CEO Sheldon Adelson and Invemed's CEO Ken Langone...
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Deficits, Spending, Education: Langone Thinks The Economy Is In Big Trouble
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 9:03am | 263Read More..."We are in trouble — we are in serious trouble," Ken Langone of Invemed Associates said on Wednesday when he was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment. The co-founder of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and CEO of the venture capital fund Invemed offered several reasons why he thinks the economy...
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Ken Langone Says Leaving Interest Rates At Effectively Zero Messes With Nature
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 2:19pm | 374Read More...There are many in the investment community who believe that by bringing rates closer to zero and then raising them afterward, the Fed creates a situation that manifests itself in the form of an economic disaster. Among them is billionaire investor and co-founder Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), Kenneth...
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Ken Langone's Top Stock Picks: Schlumberger, Eli Lilly And Facebook
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 1:31pm | 378Read More...Legendary investor and co-founder Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), Kenneth "Ken" Langone was on this week's edition of Wall Street Week where he discussed his current top-picks: Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE: SLB), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). Here is what...
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2014 SALT Conference Kicks Off In High Gear With Ken Langone
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 2:50pm | 452Read More...Ken Langone came out swinging to kick off the 2014 SALT Conference in Las Vegas. “Regulation is a huge barrier to progress in America,” started Langone as he dove right into his remarks. Langone's speech covered three primary topics: regulation as a destructive force, the biggest challenges...
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Ken Langone Goes Over the U.S. Education System's Reflection in the Employee Pool
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 11:32am | 490Read More...Ken Langone, Geeknet (NASDAQ: GKNT) chairman and CEO, the venture capitalist behind the Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), was on CNBC's Squawk Box as a guest-host for the majority of Wednesday morning. Langone started off with a nearly poetic list that displayed a fruitful year...
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Ken Langone Lets Loose on the Elderly, Big Banks
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 3:21pm | 508Read More...Billionaire venture capitalist of The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) fame Kenneth Langone appeared as a guest-host on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers" Friday. From robbing this nations youth to President Obama, Langone gave his take on many issues confronting the nation...
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Geeknet Announces Planned Departure Of President And CEO Of ThinkGeek, Inc.
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 4:08pm | 177Read More...Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GKNT), the online network for the global geek community, today announced that Colon Washburn plans to step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of ThinkGeek, Inc., Geeknet's wholly-owned e-commerce subsidiary, effective December 31, 2012 and will transition his...
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Ken Langone Defends JP Morgan and Jamie Dimon
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 7:51am | 126Read More...Home Depot (NYSE: HD) co-founder, Ken Langone, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box. Langone was defending JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and its CEO, Jamie Dimon by saying that: -Jamie Dimon an incredible human being and good at managing risk. -Every bank that gives out loans puts its capital at risk. -Said...
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Ken Langone Says That We are in a Depression
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:14am | 134Read More...Ken Langone, venture capitalist, investment banker and financial backer of Home Depot (NYSE: HD), appeared on CNBC on Tuesday and said that we need to accept that we are in a depression, not a recession. Langone went on to say that the country will not start to heal until we accept this....
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You Can Build Profits: Home Depot Helps
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 11:34am | 711Read More...You can build better and bigger profits in your portfolio, and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) may be able to help. The Atlanta-based home improvement company reported second quarter earnings of 86 cents per share on $20.23 billion in revenues. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of 83 cents per share...
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Why Ken Langone Hates President Obama
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 2:27pm | 177Read More...Early this morning, respected Wall Street veteran and co-founder of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Ken Langone was on CNBC talking about the debt ceiling, the possibility of a U.S. default and all things political. Langone has been very vocal in his disdain for the Obama administration, and this morning...
