PROFILE
FROM Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Pence casts tie vote to strip consumer financial protections Late last night, Vice President Mike Pence broke a tie vote in the Senate, which sent a measure to President Trump eliminating a rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to allow consumers to sue banks. Democrat Elizabeth Warren was outraged, calling the bill "a giant wet kiss to Wall Street." Jessica Silver-Greenberg covered the vote for the New York Times .
British Bank Accused of Laundering $250 Billion for Iran Standard Chartered is the British bank being called a " rogue institution " by New York's State Department of Financial Services. The bank is accused of helping to "sustain a threat to global peace and stability" by laundering $250 billion for Iranian banks and corporations. How did that happen? Jessica Silver Greenberg is Business Day reporter for the New York Times .
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