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Big CEOs Persuade the SEC to Tame Shareholder Activism
The Business Roundtable’s vow to be kinder corporate actors was a fig leaf for building fortresses around management decision making.
Nov 6, 2019
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Create a Public Option for Simple Banking
Under current authority, the post office can expand its financial services options. A major postal workers union even has it in their bargaining contract.
Sep 25, 2019
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Under Trump, a New Golden Age for Payday Lending
A deregulatory push led by top-level Republicans could turn back the clock to the heyday of predatory lending.
Mar 30, 2018
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Dems Overseeing Finance Industry Take Money from Group Supporting Racist Auto Lending
Alerted to the contributions, House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters tells Sludge she will better vet her campaign contributors.
May 10, 2019