Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2014
Credit Suisse pleaded guilty and was fined $2.6 billion for helping Americans avoid taxes, the first time in 20 years a major bank has been punished on U.S. criminal charges. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKDec 22, 2013
In The New York Review of Books last week, Judge Jed Rakoff stepped off the judicial bench and blamed the Justice Department for enabling "too big to jail" banks. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtAug 20, 2013
Before his infamous resignation as governor of New York in March 2008, Eliot Spitzer was one of our fiercest champions against Wall Street corruption in a state that had some of the toughest legislation for controlling the banks -- and by extension, an advocate for women. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 23, 2013
At a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday, the Massachusetts senator got the best of the Treasury secretary as she pressed him on whether the government should cap the size of big banks or break them up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 10, 2013
Wall Street sees no need for more regulations of course, but unfortunately for Main Street Americans still reeling from the last financial crisis, President Obama may turn out to be the banking industry's biggest ally. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 28, 2013
Expressing concerns that "too big too fail" banks have also become "too big to jail," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Wednesday that he will introduce legislation to break up the nation's biggest financial institutions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 7, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including the House votes to avoid a government shutdown and Gabrielle Giffords makes a plea for gun control at the place where she was shot two years ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, MissouriFeb 18, 2013Dig deeper
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