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Sen. Elizabeth Warren lauds Biden billionaires’ tax, calls for even more CEO pay changes

Jack J. Kelly Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Taxes March 30, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday praised the Biden administration’s renewed effort to introduce a new tax on the country’s wealthiest households, calling for even more changes to the way corporate executives are paid. Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said President Joe Biden’s proposal to require the top ...Read More

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Elizabeth Warren Says Wall Street ‘Undermining’ Russia Sanctions

Jack J. Kelly Elizabeth Warren, JPMorgan, Wall Street March 7, 2022

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a vocal critic of Wall Street, said banks are “undermining” sanctions on Russia by snapping up the nation’s corporate bonds and suggesting clients buy assets on the cheap. In a statement released late Friday, she called out market makers JPMorgan Chase ...Read More

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Warren calls for Amazon breakup

Jack J. Kelly Amazon, Elizabeth Warren October 14, 2021

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for the breakup of Amazon after Reuters reported that the online retail giant created knock-off products and manipulated product searches in India. In response to the report, Warren tweeted that the documents at the heart of the news service’s article “show what we feared about Amazon’s monopoly power—that the company ...Read More

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges the Fed to break up Wells Fargo

Jack J. Kelly Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve, Wells Fargo September 14, 2021

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday urged the Federal Reserve to break up Wells Fargo, arguing a string of scandals at the financial titan puts consumers at risk. In a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the Massachusetts Democrat called on the central bank’s board of governors to use its ...Read More

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Elizabeth Warren presses Janet Yellen, regulators to address ‘growing threats’ in crypto market

Jack J. Kelly crypto, Elizabeth Warren July 27, 2021

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday to identify and remedy risks posed by cryptocurrencies and to craft a “comprehensive and coordinated” framework through which federal agencies can continually regulate virtual coins. Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and a longtime critic of ...Read More

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Elizabeth Warren tears into the ‘star of the overdraft show’ JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for taking $1.5billion in customer fees during the pandemic

Jack J. Kelly Elizabeth Warren, JPMorgan May 27, 2021

Sen. Elizabeth Warren went after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at a Senate hearing Wednesday, nicknaming him the ‘star of the overdraft show’ after the bank took $1.46 billion in fees during the coronavirus pandemic. The Massachusetts Democrat instructed Dimon and other bank CEOs at a Senate Banking Committee hearing to ‘raise your hand’ ...Read More

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