He became a major force on Wall Street, winning and losing huge fortunes in the market. He was dubbed a robber baron, as unscrupulous financiers were known during the mid- and late 19th century.

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Vermont’s health care system is “a village on fire,” as one representative put it this spring. ... In the fight for the right to health care, it’s “The People vs. Wall Street.” ...

Founded in 2008 during Occupy Wall Street, Brass Balagan is a Vermont-based activist street band that supports events for social justice causes. News Sports Biz VT Life Advertise Obituaries ...

The case for taxing Wall Street trades 01:05. Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill that would tax trading of stocks, bonds and derivatives at rates ranging from 0.005% to 0.5%.

The Wall Street Journal examines the new technologies that could revolutionize our conception of waste. ... Maine and Vermont just passed statewide bans on plastic bags, while Orlando, Fla., ...

NEW YORK Wall Street rebounded Thursday, rising sharply as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two straight days of heavy declines. Crude backtracked as ...

NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied once again Thursday as investors bet that companies hurt by the housing crisis will benefit from a government plan to help financially stretched homeowners. The Dow ...