Billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett has blasted Wall Street, saying that speculative behavior is largely encouraged and that this is turning the stock market into a “gambling parlor.” “Wall Street makes money, one way or another, catching the crumbs that fall off the table of capitalism,” Buffett said during …
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“One of the most powerful politicians in the United States just said she’s going to break up an American company so that they can’t criticize her anymore,” Amazon tweeted in response to an “extraordinary” tweet in which Warren suggested breaking up “Big Tech” so they can’t “heckle senators.” The tiff …
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“Casino-like swings in stock prices of GameStop reflect wild levels of speculation that don’t help GameStop’s workers or customers and could lead to market instability,” Warren wrote in a Friday letter addressing controversy on Wall Street. Warren, long painted by herself and supporters as a critic of Wall Street, said …
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Max Keiser points out that Buffett has been bailed out by the US government at least three times in a major way. “So, he is a parasite, essentially, he’s a leech who just lobbies the government to send him free money, and then he doles that out, he puts people …
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Series “Masters of Thriller”, which we not so long ago was said to have delivered the promised product. In there novel Warren Ellis’s “gun machine” (Machine Gun). The author is much more known for those who prefer picture books (Ellis had a hand in “Transmetropolitan”, “Iron man” and “Constantine”), now …
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