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Cleveland protests Wall Street
August 10, 2010Charging that "Wall Street values are strangling our community", 75 union and other activists held a lunch time rally in front of the downtown offices of the PNC and Huntington banks.
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The battle over Elizabeth Warren
August 3, 2010Who is surprised that the banking industry is drawing a line in the sand to prevent the nomination of Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer financial protection agency?
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Wall Street reform overcomes Wall Street blockade
July 16, 2010After a year of intense struggles on one side, and bank lobbying on the other side, Congress yesterday passed Wall Street reform - a big step, but the battle's not over.
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Quick action on financial reform urged
July 5, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union allies, led by the Americans for Financial Reform, urged lawmakers to quickly approve the comprehensive Wall Street reform bill that congressional negotiators produced in late June.
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Too big to fail? Not this Wall Street reform bill
June 29, 2010Congress is on the verge of passing the most sweeping banking and financial regulations since the 1930s - or so the catch phrase goes.
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