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CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report” Celebrates 5 Years with Some of the Biggest Names on Wall Street

All-Star Investor Line Up Throughout the Week

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., October 14, 2016 – CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report" (M-F, 12PM-1PM ET), will kick off its 5th anniversary celebration with a full week of the smartest and most influential minds on Wall Street beginning Monday, October 17th.

Anchored by Scott Wapner live from CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., the guests will discuss their best investing ideas, the recent market volatility and what it means for the global economy, and the impending election, among other topics.

Following is the current lineup:

  • Monday, October 17th: David Tepper, Appaloosa Management Founder; Carl Icahn, Icahn Enterprises Chairman; and Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital Founder
  • Tuesday, October 18th: Jamie Dinan, York Capital Founder and Marc Lasry, Avenue Capital Group Co-Founder & CEO
  • Wednesday, October 19th: Jim Chanos, Kynikos Associates Founder; Nelson Peltz, Trian Fund Management Founding Partner and Keith Meister, Corvex Management Managing Partner
  • Thursday, October 20th: Rich Pzena, Pzena Investment Management Founder and Barry Rosenstein, JANA Partners Founder
  • Friday, October 21st: Bob Kraft, Kraft Group Chairman & CEO and New England Patriots Owner

The celebration will continue the week of October 24th with guests including: Bill Miller, LMM Chairman & CIO; Mario Gabelli, Gabelli Asset Management Chairman & CEO; John Fichthorn, Dialectic Capital and Mark Teixeira, Former New York Yankees first baseman.

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"Fast Money Halftime Report" is on the front lines of CNBC's market coverage. Host CNBC's Scott Wapner and his team of traders talk with Wall Street's top investors each day to get to the heart of the action as it's happening in real time and help set the agenda for the rest of the trading day.

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