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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/why-investors-could-reap-profits-from-activist-firms-nielsen-stake-51551491393\nWhy Investors Could Reap Big Profits From Activist Firm’s Nielsen Stake\nMarch 1, 2019 8:49 pm ET\nPhotograph by Robert Couse-Baker\nIn August, activist investor Elliott Management purchased an 8.4% stake in information-services provider Nielsen . Elliott would like to see the company sold, an idea that could lift the stock as much as 57% and makes Nielsen a Barron’s Pick.\nStocks Take a Breather\nStocks rocked back and forth on the week, but as February ended the Dow was up 3.7% for the month, 11% year to date. Jerome Powell testified before Congress, reiterating that the Federal Reserve was close to reducing its balance sheet. GDP came in at 2.6% for the quarter—2.9% for the year. For the week, the Dow industrials slipped 0.02% to 26,026.32; the S&P 500 edged up 0.39% to 2803.69; and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9% to 7595.35.\nNorth Korea Talks Misfire\nPresident Trump flew 21 hours to Vietnam to meet for a second time with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The president left early without signing an agreement, after talks broke down over what Trump claimed was North Korean demands for full sanction relief, which the North Koreans denied. Since the Singapore summit last year, Pyongyang has taken few steps toward eliminating its nuclear arsenal.\nCohen on Trump\nWashington, and much of the country (including the president in Hanoi), were fixated on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who testified in closed sessions before the House and Senate intelligence committees, and in public to the House Oversight Committee. In the open session, Cohen, who is heading to jail after admitting to paying hush money to two women during the election, accused Trump of a wide range of improprieties.\nRejecting the Emergency\nThe House passed a resolution rejecting Trump’s argument that there is an emergency on the southern border. In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed ambivalence about the legality of the emergency declaration, after saying he would support it. Trump has threatened to veto any measure opposing his decision.\nThe Fog of Trade\nU.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer said the administration was no longer threatening China with higher tariffs. The comment was interpreted to mean that the two countries were nearing a deal, though details were sketchy on what reforms China says it will make.\nIndia Versus Pakistan, Again\nTensions soared along the Kashmir border between India and Pakistan. Both nations claimed to have shot down each other’s warplanes, and Pakistan captured an Indian pilot, whom it then offered to release as a “peace gesture.” Tensions initially escalated after a suicide bomber attacked Indian troops in Kashmir.\nMusk in Trouble, Again\nThe Securities and Exchange Committee asked a federal judge to hold Tesla CEO Elon Musk in contempt over a tweet that had not been approved by the company. Musk had tweeted, then corrected, projections for vehicle production this year. Last year, Musk tweeted about a Tesla buyout that proved to be false.\nNetanyahu Faces Indictment\nIsrael’s attorney general announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be indicted on corruption charges.\nOn the M&A Front\nBarrick Gold made an $18 hostile bid for rival Newmont Mining. Danaher bought General Electric ’s biopharma business in a friendly $21.4 billion deal. Investors sold off the miners and embraced the conglomerates.\n--Robert Teitelman and Dan Lam\nIn August, activist investor Elliott Management purchased an 8."