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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
Now, some reports have indicated that a big part of those profits have come from the banks' trading activity--in other words, not from boring banking but from trading on Wall Street and elsewhere.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren raises concerns about banks profiting from risky trading rather than traditional banking.

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