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Stagwell (STGW) CEO and Chairman Mark Penn to Host Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit to Discuss the Future of Marketing
NEW YORK, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced CEO and Chairman Mark Penn will join the Reddit community for a live Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Thursday, June 12th from 3:00 – 4:00pm ET. Participants are encouraged to submit questions in advance and join the conversation live to engage with Penn on Stagwell's growth trajectory, unique positioning in the industry, and more. How to Access the AMA Interested parties can join the conversation by creating a Reddit login and navigating to the /r/marketing sub-Reddit between 3:00 – 4:00pm ET on Thursday, June 12th. About StagwellStagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our specialists in 45+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for our clients. Join us at ContactBen AllansonIR@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Stagwell Inc. Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Voter optimism ticks up on direction of country
Voter optimism on the direction of the country has ticked up in new polling, signaling attitudes may be bouncing back after President Trump's controversial tariff moves roiled global markets. A new Harvard CAPS/Harris survey found 42 percent of voters said the country is on the right track, up 3 points from last month and 16 points from November. The number was still underwater, though, as 49 percent said the country is headed in the wrong direction. Roughly a third, or 34 percent, of voters said their personal financial situation was improving, up 2 points from April. Another 39 percent said their situation was getting worse, down 6 points to the lowest share recorded by the pollster since October 2021. Fifty-one percent of voters categorized the economy as strong, a jump of five points from April. 'With the stock market recovery we … are seeing the voters diverge in their views from broader consumer surveys and are showing more optimism for the first time since the last Trump administration,' said Mark Penn, the co-director of the poll. Still, voters indicated concern about Trump's moves on tariffs and skepticism about his policies. Nearly 6 in 10 voters said Trump's tariff policies are harming the economy, and a plurality of 49 percent said the White House went too far with tariffs. Voters were split 50-50 on whether Trump's policies are making the U.S. economy stronger or weaker, as well as on whether his policies are leading to more or less investment in the country. A little over half said he's losing the battle against inflation. The president's overall approval remained relatively steady at 47 percent in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris survey, compared to 48 percent in April, though it's down roughly 5 points since February. Less than a third of voters, or 31 percent, said Trump is doing better than expected in his second White House term — while 43 percent say he's doing worse and 29 percent say it's as expected. Back in February, roughly equal shares said Trump was doing either better or worse than expected, at 36 and 35 percent, respectively. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey was conducted May 14-15 among 1,903 registered voters. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll. The margin of error for the entire sample was plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Post
19-05-2025
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More Americans say the country is on the right track after tariff rollback – sweeping import duties viewed as Trump's ‘biggest failure' of second term: poll
Americans are more optimistic about the direction of the country and believe the economy has been stronger since President Trump eased his sweeping tariff policy, which most voters see as the biggest failure of his second term. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 42% of respondents believe the country is on the right track – an increase of 3 percentage points from last month. Over half of voters (51%) also rated the US economy as being 'strong,' up 5 points from April. Advertisement 3 Trump's overall approval rating sits at 47%, according to the poll. REUTERS The uptick in optimism coincides with the Trump administration's successful trade talks with the United Kingdom and China, which have resulted in the lowering of some tariffs – the president's most unpopular policy. The landmark US-UK trade deal framework brokered on May 8 will see the Trump administration eliminate tariffs on British-made airplane parts and slash levies on steel, aluminum and automobiles. Advertisement Days later, the US and China agreed to a 90-day tariff truce that brought China's duty rate down from 145% to 30% on most goods. That agreement also included a mechanism for talks toward a permanent deal to continue. Most voters (57%) view Trump's tariffs as 'harming the economy' and believe it's the worst mistake of his presidency. 'Trump's tariffs and disturbing the economy are viewed as his biggest failures to date,' the May 14-15 survey of 1,903 registered voters determined. The president's tariff policy is viewed as his biggest blunder by 26% of voters, which is 9 percentage points more than those who said 'making executive orders beyond his authority' was Trump's top mistake – which came in No. 2 in the ranking. Advertisement Thirty-one percent believe Trump has yet to make a mistake in office. When asked if Trump would be able to make a deal with China to end the trade war, 60% of voters were confident a long-term agreement would be reached. 3 Voter optimism jumped 3 points from last month. 3 Trump's tariff policy is viewed as the president's biggest second-term blunder. Advertisement 'The majority of Trump's policies continue to see strong support, especially on immigration and government efficiency, even though there is concern Trump has exceeded guardrails with executive orders and tariffs,' Mark Penn, co-director of the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, said in a statement. 'If he is able to successfully lower the price of prescription drugs and hold down the fort on inflation, he will be able to unlock 10% more of voters in his approval rating,' Penn noted. Trump's approval rating sits at 47% (down 1 point from last month), with 87% of Republican voters approving and 83% of Democrats and 50% of Independents disapproving. The president received his highest marks on immigration policy (51%) and returning the country to 'its values' (51%).
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Trump approval rating holds steady as concerns over economy ease: Poll
President Trump's approval rating held steady in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll as economic concerns have ticked down a bit. The poll released Monday showed Trump's approval rating at 47 percent, just 1 point down from where it was last month. His disapproval rating reached 48 percent, the first time since Trump returned to office that he had a slightly higher disapproval rating than approval rating. But the rating remains mostly unchanged compared to where it stood in March, well within the margin of error of each other. Mark Penn, the chairman of the Harris poll, said the results show that Trump is 'holding on to his base and his voters' as attitudes on the economy have turned more positive 'despite the bumpiness of tariffs.' The poll found a slight majority of 51 percent said they considered the economy to be strong, an increase of 5 points from April and the first time since July 2021 that a majority in the poll said so. A plurality still said their personal financial situation is getting worse, though it dropped from 45 percent last month to 39 percent now. The percentage who said their situation is improving rose to 34 percent, up 2 points. Trump's handling of immigration and returning the U.S. to its values are the issues he's viewed most positively on, with 51 percent approving, while his handling of tariffs and trade policy is his weakest issue, with only 42 percent approving. The results come after Trump announced a temporary trade deal with China to mutually lower the tariffs the countries had placed on each other since Trump's 'Liberation Day' announcement on April 2 instituting the higher tariffs. The Trump administration also announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom earlier this month. Trump's approval rating in the average from Decision Desk HQ has been underwater since March, but it has started to improve slightly in recent weeks. His approval rating as of the end of last week reached 45.9 percent, up from the low of 43.7 percent. In the poll released Monday, Trump's favorability rating was also about even, with 46 percent viewing him favorably and 47 percent viewing him unfavorably. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey was conducted from May 14 to 15 and surveyed 1,903 registered voters. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll. The survey is an online sample drawn from the Harris Panel and weighted to reflect known demographics. The margin of error was 2.2 points. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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19-05-2025
- Politics
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Majority of Americans have concerns about Trump's Qatar jet plan: Poll
A majority of voters say they have concerns about President Trump's acceptance of a Qatari jet plane, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll released on Monday. Sixty-two percent of voters polled said the president's acceptance of a $400 million dollar luxury Boeing 747 from the Qatari government 'raises ethical concerns about corruption,' while 35 percent said the gift is 'a win for the U.S.' The poll also showed the issue splitting somewhat along party lines, with 85 percent of Democrats saying it 'raises ethical concerns about corruption,' while only 15 percent of Democrats called the gift 'a win for the U.S.' Republicans were more split, with 40 percent saying it raises ethical concerns, while 60 percent said it was a win for the U.S. Among independents, 62 percent said it raises ethical concerns about corruption, and 38 percent said it was a win for the U.S. 'Voters are worried about gifts from the Qataris, suggesting Trump might think twice about the plane or what he would do with it after the presidency,' said Mark Penn, chairman of the Harris poll. The findings come after Trump confirmed earlier this month he was preparing to accept the Boeing 747-8 jumbo luxury jet from Qatar. The jet would officially be gifted to the Department of Defense before being handed over to the Trump presidential library at the end of his term. Democrats and even a number of Republican lawmakers have raised concerns over the president's acceptance of the gift. Many Republicans have argued that the jet will not actually be free, given it will need to go through the lengthy and expensive process of being transformed into Air Force One. Others have raised safety concerns about the jet. Trump has defended his acceptance of the jet and has labeled bipartisan criticism of the move as 'a radical-left story.' 'I just want to say, it was a radical-left story,' Trump told Fox News's Bret Baier in Abu Dhabi during a stop on his diplomatic trip to the Middle East this week. 'The people here, to show you how crazy it is, they would like me to pay a billion dollars.' 'I made a good deal,' he added. Trump also said that he is not a personal beneficiary of the jet, arguing that the jet is a gift to the U.S. government and that it will be old by the time it ends up in his presidential library. The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey was conducted from May 14 to May 15 among 1,903 registered voters. Respondents for this poll were recruited through opt-in, web-panel recruitment sampling. The margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 2.2 percentage points on a 95 percent confidence level. Updated: 3:53 p.m. ET Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
