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Taxi Drivers Driven To Bankruptcy Over Medallion Loans
Loans // May 19, 2019

The New York City taxicab industry has been suffering, with a series of suicides plaguing taxi drivers over the past year as they struggle with debt and financial strife. While New York City has long blamed Uber and Lyft for the industry’s woes, a New...

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Robinhood Begins Pulling Customers From Larger Brokers

December 17, 2023
Robinhood has reportedly begun enticing customers from more established brokers like Fidelity and Charles Schwab. The online trading platform has received about $1.1 billion in account transfers since Oct. 23, the day it began offering a 1% match on transferred brokerage accounts, the company told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in a report published Saturday […]

Taxi Drivers Driven To Bankruptcy Over Medallion Loans

May 19, 2019
The New York City taxicab industry has been suffering, with a series of suicides plaguing taxi drivers over the past year as they struggle with debt and financial strife. While...