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California looks to pass Homeowner’s Bill of Rights
March 21, 2012In a counterattack against Wall Street, grassroots groups and state leaders joined forces to exact significant concessions from the big banks.
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Texas groups protest banks, sonogram law
March 13, 2012Women from Code Pink, along with a few male allies, recently picketed the Bank of America on Inwood and Lemmon.
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Payday lending makes banks big profits
March 13, 2012In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.
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Trumka: Big Banks’ payment on mortgage settlement good first step
February 13, 2012A $26.5 billion settlement between the states' attorneys general and big banks over the financial finagling with mortgage-backed securities is a good first step, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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Oakland police arrest hundreds of Occupy protesters
January 30, 2012Police arrested some 400 demonstrators Jan. 28 in response to the latest attempt by Occupy Oakland activists to occupy a vacant building and establish a new encampment there.
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