Saturday, March 25, 2023

Tag: big banks

Meet the six big banks keeping private prisons in business

Without these institutions, The GEO Group and CoreCivic would be in trouble—which is what advocates for divestment want.

Waking Up in Hillary Clinton’s America

Hillary won’t do anything to upset that applecart. We should have no illusions about what her presidency would mean from a Wall Street vs. Main Street perspective.

The Better Business Bureau Downgraded Wells Fargo. It’s Not Enough.

Americans won’t be safe until all fraudulently-inclined institutions are discredited and their leaders are replaced.

The Ethical Rot of Wells Fargo, From the Top Down

What's at work here is the ethical rot that now consumes America's entire corporate system.

The Stumpf Banking System

Wells Fargo's CEO was caught stealing from low-income bank customers, and then put the blame on low-level employees.

Jail Wells Fargo CEO and Chairman John Stumpf!

Stumpf’s actions were not merely “unethical” — they were criminal. And in the current system, he’ll not only get away with it, he'll profit more than handsomely.

Time for Congress to Stop Hollering at CEOs and Take Action

Congress should give the Justice Department and regulatory agencies enough funding to do their jobs. While they’re at it, break up the biggest banks. And regulate drug prices directly.

The Employees’ Side of the Wells Fargo Scandal

Banks like Wells Fargo use poverty-level wages and job insecurity to force employees to do unethical things they couldn’t otherwise get them to do.

Wells Fargo Caught in Scheme to Steal Millions from Customers

This scam supposedly began in 2011 and for the last five years, roughly 1.5 million deposit accounts and 65,000 credit-card accounts were created.

Banks Don’t Commit Crimes, Bankers Do

Until the feds charge reckless bankers individually, they'll shake down shareholders to bail them out for misdeeds.

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How can Trump end up looking like the dumbest, lyingest punk operative who ever escaped from the sneaky Naked City?

Fifth annual assessment of air pollution ranks cities, nations and regions around the world

The study confirmed that only six countries met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated safe levels of the deadly air pollutant, particulate matter (PM) 2.5.

Cancer patients challenge Biden admin’s refusal to lower price of lifesaving drug

“This is a drug that was invented with taxpayer dollars by scientists at UCLA and can be purchased in Canada for one-fifth the U.S. price."

What red state vs. blue state looks like to an ant

Signs of decline and decay are all around us, behind the glitter and the glitz. 

Biden administration unveils nation’s first Ocean Climate Action Plan

“This Ocean Climate Action Plan is the first comprehensive approach that the U.S. has taken to leveraging the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.”