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The Third Act Sacramento Banking Campaign will hold a street protest and Die-In on Friday, October 21 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. against JP Morgan Chase. The activists will meet at 1300 21st Street at the intersection of Capitol Avenue in Sacramento....
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Oct 20, 2022 at 06:16 PM PDT
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It’s annual shareholders meeting season for banks, many of which face questions over fossil fuel financing. Three big banks—Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America—held their meetings on Tuesday and each bank had shareholders vote on climate...
by April Siese
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on Tue Apr 26, 2022 at 01:43 PM PDT
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Gordon Gekko found religion this week. Gekko, the lead in the 1987 movie “Wall Street” about capitalism gone corruptly amok, is most famous for his phrase: “greed is good.” On Monday, real-world Gekkos – 181 corporate CEOs who belong to the Business...
by Tom Conway
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on Fri Aug 23, 2019 at 06:55 AM PDT
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Hey there! Tool checking in from AOC’s district — the fightin 14th! This morning after a much needed cup of coffee and a semi-consensual petting session with my black cat — I remembered something that really got under my skin during the Presidency of...
by Tool
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on Mon Apr 29, 2019 at 05:17 AM PDT
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As Wall Street banks continue to enjoy record profits thanks to President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax scam, Trump’s Treasury Department—headed by former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin—quietly moved to hand big banks...
by ca cokz
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on Sat Aug 11, 2018 at 04:58 AM PDT
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Republicans' difficulties in running on their tax cuts aren't going to go away when the headlines scream things like this: "Bank of America Profit Rises 30% on Tax Cuts, Interest Rates."
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) , the giant U.S. bank, said...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Apr 16, 2018 at 10:20 AM PDT
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In 2005, Congress decided to make America’s love affair with guns legal. By a 65-31 vote in the Senate—that 65 includes 14 Democrats—and 283-144 in the House—a terrifying 59 Democrats went for it—they passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms...
by RebeccaPilarBuckwalterPoza
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on Fri Mar 30, 2018 at 08:25 AM PDT
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Citigroup announced this week that it will use its clout with its business partners to make it more difficult to buy guns. It’s a great step, but far short of what credit card companies could do if they really wanted to limit gun sales.
Citigroup...
by RebeccaPilarBuckwalterPoza
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on Fri Mar 23, 2018 at 02:41 PM PDT
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Earlier today, tjlord published Citigroup adopts bump stock ban unilaterally - interwebs explode in outrage that is a take on the gun nuts’ response to Citigroup’s announcement that it will no longer conduct business with customers dealing in guns...
by Limelite
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on Thu Mar 22, 2018 at 03:03 PM PDT
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to begin floor debate on a bill (S. 2155) that would weaken regulations of banks, large and small, and grease the skids for the next bank crash. After the severe bank crash of 2008, in order to guard against future...
by hungeski
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on Sun Mar 11, 2018 at 10:08 AM PDT
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The NY Times has a story about Kushner meeting multiple times with the CEO of Citigroup and a co-founder of Apollo, in his capacity as a White House advisor. The Times doesn’t clarify which of his numerous mandates Kushner was fulfilling, were these...
by subir
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on Wed Feb 28, 2018 at 07:47 PM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) re-election campaign:
It was exactly seven years ago – July 21, 2010. I was a professor and a witness at a Senate hearing about the TARP Wall Street bailout.
I remember...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Jul 21, 2017 at 04:11 PM PDT
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Jeff Sessions is making it known that he is tough on crime—unless you are a corporation. Then apparently, money-laundering across the border is perfectly okay with the attorney general. Because despite a whole lot of tough talk and a seemingly...
by Kelly Macias
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on Thu May 25, 2017 at 02:07 PM PDT
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When watching a legal battle between companies like Citigroup and AT&T, it is hard to conjure up anything resembling sympathy because … they’re terrible. However, big companies frequently sue one another for all kinds of silly reasons that...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Jun 15, 2016 at 10:13 AM PDT
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A settlement between seven of the world’s largest banks and a handful of pension funds and municipalities was revealed to the public today.
The settlement made public on Tuesday, which requires court approval, resolves antitrust claims against...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed May 04, 2016 at 08:12 AM PDT
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The “Living Will” requirements, stipulated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill, are meant to access the viability of our financial institutions for the specific purpose of not having to spend trillions of dollars of taxpayer money to bail them...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Apr 15, 2016 at 12:11 PM PDT
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Predatory lending, as most opposed advocates will tell you, is built on a simple premise: a person in desperate need of financial aid will agree to terms that would normally be unacceptable as a last ditch effort to stay afloat. Because of this, payday le
by Christopher Reeves
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on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 11:43 AM PDT
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims to be “a progressive who can get things done.” But who will she get things done for?
Here is a list of donations she has received since 1989…
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by Bernie Bot
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on Thu Feb 04, 2016 at 03:05 PM PST
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By twitter standards, you’d probably call Trump a spammer. It’s a near constant stream of ego, trolling and attacks against his enemies. But this morning he gave a preview of how he’s going to sink
by The Dead Man
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on Sat Jan 16, 2016 at 04:52 AM PST
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They need to be a part of the solution.
Citigroup Inc, a company Forbes says was worth around $156.7 billion as of this past May, has released a report ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Oct 06, 2015 at 09:53 AM PDT
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