Wall Street

Before AOC Wore It On A Dress, Occupy Wall Street Called To "Tax The Rich"
Ten years after thousands gathered to protest capitalism, the message and mission of Occupy Wall Street still feels relevant.

The WallStreetBets GameStop Hype Saved This Dog's Life
By getting in and out at just the right time, a Texas man got enough money to pay for his dog's surgery.

These People Have No Clue What's Going On Between Wall Street And Reddit But Are Celebrating Anyway
"Very happy this wall street bets thing is good. I feel like a proud yet confused mother."

Two Wall Street Firms Took Huge GameStop Losses After Admitting Defeat To Redditors
"We have been called boomers many times over the past week," said the head of one hedge fund.

Just A Bunch Of Good Memes About How Reddit Successfully Trolled Wall Street Tycoons With GameStop Stocks
Don't worry, I had to learn a bunch about investments and hedge funds to appreciate these jokes too.

An “Angry Mob” On Reddit Is Pushing Up GameStop's Stock Price And Pissing Off A Bunch Of Wall Street Firms
One financial industry expert told BuzzFeed News the redditors were engaged in a “coordinated attack.”

A Leaked Internal Report Reveals The Wall Street Journal Is Struggling With Aging Readers And Covering Race
The report, obtained by BuzzFeed News, was dated the same month that ongoing tensions between news and opinion sections at Rupert Murdoch’s broadsheet spilled into the public.

A Former Republican Operative With Ties To White Nationalists Has Been Publishing Opinion Pieces In The Wall Street Journal
Marcus Epstein, a former associate of Richard Spencer and a former contributor to white nationalist site VDare, has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Hill, and Forbes under a thinly veiled pen name.

The Wall Street Journal Told People Not To Wear Sweatpants When Working From Home And It Didn't Go Well
Lol imagine even *owning* $3,000 pants.

26 Of The Most Powerful Pictures From The Occupy Wall Street Movement
Seven years ago today, demonstrators occupied New York City's Zuccotti Park to protest a wide range of issues surrounding worldwide economic inequality. By November, the New York City Police Department had forcefully evicted the demonstration.

How Wall Street Bought Toys ‘R’ Us And Left 30,000 People Without Jobs
Toys ‘R’ Us's bankruptcy left 30,000 people without jobs — or severance. As Wall Street deals to buy rusty retail companies collapse, minimum-wage workers stand to lose the most.

The Lefty Democratic Shift On Wall Street Is Happening For Real
This week, the Senate is expected to pass a bill to roll back some Dodd-Frank provisions on smaller banks with bipartisan support — except from virtually every 2020 presidential hopeful.

These Are The 11 Most WTF Things Trump Actually Said In A Wall Street Journal Interview
"Number one, they should go after the leakers in intelligence. I don’t mean the White House stuff where they’re fighting over who loves me the most, OK? It’s just stupid people doing that."

The Wall Street Journal Just Fired A Top Correspondent For Ethical Violations
Jay Solomon was sacked just before the Associated Press reported he had been involved in a potential deal with an Iranian-born businessman.

The Beginning Of The End Of Obama's Wall Street Legacy
The Financial CHOICE Act would roll back the Dodd-Frank bank regulations and gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Media's Best-Kept Secret Was A Free Wall Street Journal Login, And Now It's Gone
Username: media. Password: media. Everyone knew about it, but nobody talked about it.

American Airlines Gave Workers A Raise And Wall Street Is Furious
The airline's stock fell Thursday and Friday following a contract that would pay nearly $1 billion to unionized employees over three years.

Some Republicans Really Don’t Want President Trump To Fire The Director Of Wall Street Critic CFPB
Richard Cordray runs the Republican-hated CFPB. But if Trump fires him, Republicans in Ohio worry he’ll return home as a political martyr who lost his job for being too tough on Wall Street and the banking industry — and the top Democratic candidate for governor.

The Entertaining And Cringe-Inducing Ways Urban Outfitters Describes Its Customers To Wall Street
The management at Urban Outfitters really knows their customers. Selling to the "upscale homeless."

Third Eye Blind Writes The Occupy Wall Street Anthem
Wow. After 14 years, this band still sounds exactly the same. Always stay the same, TEB.

Mitt Romney Understands How #OccupyWallStreet Feels
Mitt Romney totally worries about the 99%. He understands them. I mean just look at this quote from Romney about #OccupyWallStreet over a totally random picture from his past. Again totally random. Not chosen to illustrate any point. Definitely not.

15 Great #OccupyWallStreet Political Cartoons
A growing movement gets its moment in the political cartoon spotlight. Some of these would look great on placards.

Cop Runs Over An #OccupyWallStreet Observer And Then Beats Him
The video is shocking and the pictures are powerful. The man was a Legal Aid Society observer, but that didn't stop the beating. This is not a good look for the NYPD.

SNL Alum/Crazy Person Victoria Jackson Goes To #OccupyWallStreet
Actual Quote from Jackson in the video: "The real issue is, Obama is a Marxist, and he is stirring up racial divide and class warfare on purpose." If she hadn't already long since ruined the re-watchability of Chris Farley-era SNL, she has now.

What Would George Carlin Say About #OccupyWallStreet?
Nailed it. Pass this along. I'll see you in Zuccotti Park.

25 Kids At #OccupyWallStreet
We've seen the wide variety of people who are at Occupy Wall Street, and now that the movement has been lasting weeks, more and more kids are showing up to support their parents and fight for a better future for themselves. And they look as cute as you'd think they'd look while doing it.

"We Are The 53%": 16 Examples Of The Conservative Response To #OccupyWallStreet
"We are the 53%" refers to the 53% of American households who pay federal income tax. It is the brain child of CNN correspondent and Red State's Erick Erickson.

Kanye West Shows Up To Occupy Wall Street
So, this is a thing that just happened. I'm not entirely sure what Kanye's message was. Is he supporting the movement or did he just want to remind everyone what the 1% looked like? Was he lost?

Occupy Wall Street Still Building Steam
Google search and Twitter trends seem to indicate that Saturday, October 7th may be the protests' biggest day yet!

Justine Bateman And Tyler Coates At #OccupyWallStreet
Mallory from Family Ties and the Disappointing Gay Best Friend share their take on the protest. "Mostly rich white kids?"