Thanks To Wall Street, There Goes The Neighborhood
Lawmakers are targeting investors’ tightening grip on the single-family housing market, but a powerful new lobbying army is fighting back.
Critical coverage on the global financial system and domestic policies that shape the U.S. economy, with a focus on corporate wrongdoing.
Lawmakers are targeting investors’ tightening grip on the single-family housing market, but a powerful new lobbying army is fighting back.
Tenants are paying fees to have their credit scores lowered, among other dubious services.
As corporate pharmacy middlemen slash reimbursement fees to independent drugstores, local Illinois pharmacists push for legislative change.
Airlines won’t say how much they make from unused flight credits, but potential automatic refunds could hurt their massive windfall.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are potentially at stake in the fight over airline refunds.
Plus, free tax filing pays off, electric vehicles work double time, and pharmaceutical giants face scrutiny for outrageous pricing.
Plus, Boeing drops incriminating evidence on an attorney, gambling takes over old-fashioned arcade games, and that time Nixon almost fought climate change.
Wall Street landlords face a heartland backlash that could set off a revolution.
Politicians are helping airline lobbyists block passengers’ right to drinking water and human-sized airplane seats.
Airline-bankrolled lawmakers just advanced a bill that could undermine Biden’s promise of automatic refunds on canceled or delayed flights.