Federal panel grills Greenspan, Citigroup on predatory lending
The nation's subprime crisis will be in the news from Wednesday to Friday this week as the federal government's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission begins a new round of hearings.
Finance reform can spur job creation
The nation's labor movement is on target with its point that the risky practices on Wall Street were behind the destruction of 11 million jobs in America.
Tired of bank greed, Missouri protesters say
ST. LOUIS - "We're tired of corporate America and the CEOs taking all our money," Ashli Bolden said as over 100 people protested inside the Bank of America tower on March 24.
Fight for finance reform next in the national spotlight
As they celebrate their success with health care reform labor and its allies are already focusing on strengthening the financial reform legislation just approved by the Senate Banking Committee.
Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands
The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.
Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
Why Bank of America fired me
In this YouTube video, a Bank of America worker blows the whistle on her former employer.
Students welcome overhauling private loan industry
Every year millions of students graduate from college with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt.
Banks making huge profits from toxic assets
What the government really did for the financial giants in March as a way to help them unload their toxic mortgage securities was put up a sign that read, "Free money, come and get it."
Obama administration pressures banks on housing crisis
The Obama administration announced today stepped up measures to persuade big banks to help strapped mortgage holders.
