Big Banks Profits

Banks Profitting Off Government Program Aimed At Struggling Borrowers

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.29.2012

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Perhaps the government's homeowner assistance program should be renamed the bank assistance program. Big banks have profited from HARP 2.0, the gov...

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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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After Loss Last Year, BofA Took Home $2 Billion In Profit

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 03.20.2012

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NEW YORK — Bank of America is back to basics – slimmed down, stripped of its swagger and no longer the biggest bank in the country. And in...

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BofA CEO 'Incensed' People Don't Recognize 'How Much Good' His Employees Do

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.26.2011

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Bank of America CEO Bryan Moynihan says the public needs to start thinking before they criticize his company. "I, like you, get a little incensed ...

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Morgan Stanley Nets Billions In Profit, After Loss Last Year

Posted 12.19.2011

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Morgan Stanley swung to a $2.15 billion profit in the third quarter, helped by a large accounting gain, even as core revenue in trading, banking a...

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LIVE UPDATES: Occupy Wall Street Movement Spreads To Other Cities

Posted 12.04.2011

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Occupy Wall Street began as a relatively marginalized group protesting in a Manhattan park. That has changed. (CLICK HERE FOR LIVE UPDATES) ...

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Bail out Could Cost Taxpayers Thirty Times more than Reported

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2008 and 2009, 50 separate Federal programs offered $23 trillion in loans, grants, or asset guarantees to the financial sector. Huh! This item ...

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Has Obama's Handling of the Bank Bailout Undermined Health Care Reform?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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If we don't learn from the botched bank bailout, we are in danger of getting the same patchwork, reform-in-name-only outcome on health care.

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