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Awkward! Michele Bachmann Heckled by Occupy Wall Street Protesters [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0000

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann didn’t exactly get a warm welcome as she delivered a foreign policy speech in South Carolina last week. In fact, she was heckled off the stage by the loud protests of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. While Bachmann spoke, a group of people chanted slogans and accused the Congresswoman of “dividing [...]

Wall Street Bonuses Slated to Decline in 2011

Shauna Wright — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:52:04 +0000

In news that will likely make all those Occupy Wall Street protestors cheer, New York compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates projects the average Wall Street bonus will decline by 20 percent to 30 percent this year. While traders, bankers and top executives typically receive healthy base salaries of $100,000 to $1 million, most of their [...]

Survey of the Day: 47 Percent of Americans Think Wall Street Harms the Economy

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:58:11 +0000

The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to generate headlines, so what better time to see what Americans actually think of our esteemed financial institutions? Forty-seven percent of Americans think Wall Street hurts the American economy more than it helps, whereas only 38 percent think the opposite is true. Fifteen percent of the 3,029 adults who [...]

Angry Mom Hires Plane to Fly Nasty Message Over Wall Street

Shauna Wright — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:17:55 +0000

At lunchtime on Tuesday, New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan were treated to an unusual sight — a small plane buzzing by the Standard and Poor’s building, towing a banner that read, “Thanks For The Downgrade: You Should All Be Fired.”

Commissioned by St. Louis banker and single mother Lucy Nobbe, who paid $895 to hire the pilot, the fly-by was a reaction to the US losing its longtime AAA credit rating last Friday.