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'Private Equity Companies Have Bought Up Hundreds Of Thousands Of Single Family Homes' - House Subcommittee Addresses Investments In Single-Family Rentals
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - 1:12pm | 714Read More...The House Committee on Financial Services, led by Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on June 28, 2022, entitled, “Where Have All the Houses Gone? Private Equity, Single Family Rentals, and America’s Neighborhoods.” According to...
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Fintech Focus For June 17, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 6:54pm | 1823Read More...Quote To Start The Day: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Source: Lao Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Outside of perhaps China, right now the big use case for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) seems to be just talking about them. Crypto is cool right now and...
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Roaring Kitty, Ken Griffin, Vlad Tenev To Be Among Those Testifying At House Hearing
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 11:14am | 561Read More...Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin An event is coming this week that should offer up plenty of material for documentary writers who are already hard at work in covering the GameStock stock saga. House Hearing: Many of the major names who were at the center of the storm — WallStreetBets,...
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Fintech Focus For February 5, 2021
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 6:53pm | 2031Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Robinhood Markets, GameStop Corp. and hedge funds are all on the wish list that House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters is assembling for a hearing that will dig into the Reddit-fueled stock trading that has shocked Wall Street and lawmakers. “I’m...
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Fintech Focus For December 7, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 8:02pm | 1605Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Robinhood’s revenue model could easily disappear. They’ve made it clear that they are comfortable living on this regulatory edge. Source: Tyler Gellasch One Big Thing In Fintech: Congresswoman Maxine Waters has released a wide array of recommended policy changes...
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Suspected Mail Bomber Cesar Sayoc: What We Know
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 4:48pm | 568Read More...An arrest was made Friday in a nationwide manhunt for the culprit in the mailing of pipe bombs to a dozen current and former Democratic government officials and supporters, many of whom have been targets of President Donald Trump's ire. The Suspect The suspect in the mail bombs is 56...
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Maxine Waters Calls For Trump's Impeachment, Respect For All Women In Detroit
Sunday, October 29, 2017 - 7:44pm | 767Read More...U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters led The Women’s Convention in a call to impeach President Donald Trump before a crowd of thousands in Detroit on Saturday, excoriating him as “the most dishonorable and despicable human being to ever serve in the office of the presidency.” The...
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Democrats Push New Housing Bail-Out Agenda
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 12:03pm | 152Read More...Democrats are considering using TARP funds for a new purpose which is to bail out homeowners. Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Calif.) pushed a proposal that would channel $3 billion towards a mortgage relief for jobless home-owners. These funds would be taken out from the ‘Troubled Assets Relief Program (...
