Wall Street Profits

A Financial Dissident Movement?

Lydia Fisher | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Financial Reform, Business Ethics, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Ethics, Goldman Sachs Ethics, Wall Street Profits, Greg Smith Op Ed, Greg Smith Goldman, Business News
Lydia Fisher

Challenging the establishment is as old as history. Sometimes going out directly to the public is the avenue needed to have one's voice truly heard. When leaders and governments fail to address justice, people mobilize.

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Banks Rake In Huge Profits, Don't Share Them

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.28.2012

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Wall Street just scrimped, saved and cut its way back to pre-recession levels of profit. Bank profits jumped to a five-year high in 2011, according...

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Bruised Wall Street Firms Continue To Jettison Office Space

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.06.2012

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Here's one thing big banks have in common with protesters: Neither group is occupying Wall Street as much as they used to. In an ongoing sign of th...

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Regulators Have Missed Three-Fourths Of Dodd-Frank Deadlines So Far

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.04.2012

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When the Dodd-Frank financial reform law became official in 2010, supporters hoped it would herald in a new era of sobriety and transparency for the f...

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Wall Street's Reduced Profitability Shows Regulations Are Working

The New York Times | Posted 12.28.2011

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Wall Street reported nearly $3 billion in losses in the third quarter of 2011, reducing profits through September to $9.6 billion, which was well belo...

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Financial Sector A Bigger Share Of Economy Now Than Before The Crisis

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.15.2011

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The financial industry may have taken a hit during the Great Recession. But relative to the overall economy, it's bigger now than it was before Lehman...

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Occupy Wall Street: Is Something Happening Here?

Dr. Jerry Webman | Posted 01.07.2012

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Dr. Jerry Webman

The point here is that the issue should be debated with an open mind. As Still's song reminds us, "Nobody's right if everybody's wrong."

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Ex-Fed Chairman: Government Should Stop Financing Mortgages

Posted 12.24.2011

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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is advocating for regulatory control over the money-market mutual fund industry and believes the gove...

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Wall Street Rebounds Just In Time For Debt Deal

Reuters | Ashley Lau | Posted 09.18.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rebounded on Tuesday, bolstered by strong corporate results and renewed hope for an agreement in Washington that ...

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Wall Street Finishes Best Week In Two Years With A Bang

Posted 09.01.2011

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NEW YORK (Ryan Vlastelica) - Stocks started July with a bang on Friday with Wall Street scoring its best week in two years on strong manufacturing...

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Shahien Nasiripour

JPMorgan Chase Profit Surges 67 Percent As Lending Slows And Pay Jumps

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.13.2011

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JPMorgan Chase, the nation's second-biggest bank by assets, exceeded Wall Street's expectations Wednesday, reporting surging profits and higher employ...

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Why Wall Street's Euphoric Birthday Has Almost Nothing to Do with a Buoyant Economy

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wall Street Profits, Unemployment, Robert Reich, Economy, Recession, Business News
Robert Reich

In theory an extraordinary bull market should be making Americans feel far wealthier than they felt two years ago. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans don't feel wealthier because they hold few if any shares of stock.

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Income Inequality: 8 Charts On The Divide Between Rich & Poor

Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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A huge share of the nation's economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 m...

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Shahien Nasiripour

JPMorgan Chase Profit Skyrockets In 4Q

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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JPMorgan Chase, the nation's second-biggest bank by assets, beat estimates in reporting $4.8 billion in income last quarter, a 47 percent jump, as the...

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Wall Street Dodged Financial Regulation, Says Banking Exec

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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I asked him about how seriously Wall Street takes the upcoming financial regulation. "It's taken seriously only how it could impact profits, not taken...

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JPMorgan 1Q Earnings 2010: Bank Pulls In $3.3B On Trading Gains

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported a $3.3 billion first-quarter profit on big gains in the financial markets even as the Obama administrat...

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Arianna Discusses Afghan War And Huge Wall Street Profits On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on CNN's The Situation Room Monday, along with Gloria Borger, Joe Johns and Ben Stein. She discussed the Afghan War, huge Wall Street...

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Wall Street Profits On Pace For Record, Industry Recovering 'Faster Than Expected'

Posted 05.25.2011

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It took Wall Street just one year to make its way back to record profits. According to a report released Tuesday by the comptroller of New York State...

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Soros: Wall Street's Profits Are "Gifts" From The Government

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailout...

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Wall Street Profits Soar To $50B, Bonuses To Rise Up To 40 Percent

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a clear sign of Wall Street's rebound, investment firms are producing record profits this year and the average bonus could rise as much as 40 perce...

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Wall Street's Mania For Short-Term Results Hurts Economy

Washington Post | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been a year since the onset of a financial crisis that wiped out $15 trillion of wealth from the balance sheet of American households, and more t...

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After Rough Year, Nearly Half Of Wall St. Bank Profits Are Gone

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only a year ago, Wall Street reveled in an era of superlatives: record deals, record profit, record pay. But a mere 12 months later, nearly half of th...

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