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AFSCME Urges Say-on-Pay for Shareholders

Gerald McEntee | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Executives, Golden Parachute, Shareholders, Say on Pay, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Barney Frank, Say-on-Pay, Aig, Wall Street Bonuses, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

A key step to fixing our economy is making sure that the interests of shareholders and stakeholders are considered in corporate board rooms.

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Bank Got Bailout, CEO Got Golden Parachute

ProPublica | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, South Financial Group, Golden Parachute, Wall Street Bailout, Mack Whittle, Bailout Bandits, Business News
ProPublica

The South Financial Group announced this week that it had been approved to receive $347 million from the U.S. government. But the bank's founder and longtime CEO won't be sticking around.

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Where Are the Wall Street Patriots?

Patt Morrison | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Golden Parachute, Wall Street Crisis, Fatcat, Wall Street, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Business News
Patt Morrison

The bailout moolah rules declare that the monster golden parachutes are now things of the past, but since it's our money, we can further dictate what happens to it -- and we definitely should.

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Merrill Lynch Executive To Get $10 Million Buyout

Reuters | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Golden Parachute, Finance, Economy, Peter Kraus Buyout, Banks, Financial Crisis, Buyout, Peter Kraus, Business News

A top executive at Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which last month accepted a takeover offer from Bank of Ameri...

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Paint McCain a Red-Baiter

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Markets, Joe Mccarthy, John McCain, Hewlett-Packard, Communist, Commie, Credit Default Swaps, Barack Obama, Ubs, Aig, Red States, Golden Parachute, Wall Street, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Ceo, Deregulation, Phil Gramm, Glass-Steagall Act, Joe Mccain, Class Warfare, Carly Fiorina, Red-Baiting, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The "small government" Bush and Republican Congress increased spending, thus replacing the budget surplus bequeathed them with deficits.

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The Six Wise Men of Washington

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Golden Parachute, John McCain, Wall Street, Bail-Out Bil, John Boehner, Barney Frank, Henry Paulson, Obama, Billionaires, Bailout, Business News
Mike Bonifer

The second came to Capitol Hill And proclaimed it absolute: What happens now on Wall Street, America follows suit.

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Costco and the Great Federal Bailout

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Golden Parachute, Paulson, Hedge Fund Traders, Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Economic Crisis, Colin Powell, Hedge Funds, Costco, Business News
Howard Gewirtz

If you've paid your taxes, you are now the proud owner of unregulated hedge funds, mortgaged-backed junk bonds, etc. In other words, crap.

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