This Week in Chancery Court: Paramount, Skydance Merger Records

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At issue: Money manager Mario Gabelli sought Paramount’s books and records about the Skydance merger so investors can determine how controlling stockholder Shari Redstone might benefit from the deal. Gabelli’s funds own about 12% of Paramount voting shares.

Trade War Just Crashed Crude. Demand Might Be Next

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As Gabelli Funds analyst Simon Wong puts it, while direct tariffs on crude are not “very meaningful”, “The bigger impact on the oil market is the uncertainty in global demand related to President Trump’s tariffs as global expansion drives crude demand growth.”

7 Energy Stocks With Fat Dividend Yields

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Here”s another natural gas-focused company. It is the favorite fossil fuel play of Timothy Winter, portfolio manager of the Gabelli Utilities Fund (GABUX). The company is diversified between exploration and production, gathering, pipeline and storage, and utility business segments.