Etiqueta: Protecting Consumers, Taxpayers, and the Economy

As the tax filing deadline approaches, Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley is asking the Internal Revenue Service to improve security. When Mark Ertle was doing his taxes a few years ago, he got a rude awakening. Someone had stolen his identity and filed his taxes to get the refund. “It was denied

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 600,000 Americans were victims of tax ID fraud as of September 2015 and the IRS paid out $5.8 billion in fraudulent tax returns in 2013. With just a week left before tax day, Senator Jeff Merkley is taking action against tax identity theft. Merkley visited

As shareholder activism reaches unprecedented levels Democrats are taking aim at a new Wall Street target—activist investors. A new bill sponsored by two Senate Democrats, which would tighten disclosure rules for activists, comes at a time when shareholder activism is at an all-time high. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Wisconsin

WASHINGTON — A new Senate bill tries to make it just a little bit harder for activist hedge funds to exploit healthy companies rather than invest in their future.   Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Brokaw Acton Thursday, which would strengthen disclosure requirements for activist hedge

Los senadores Elizabeth Warren de Massachusetts y Bernie Sanders de Vermont van tras los fondos de cobertura activistas. Los senadores han patrocinado un proyecto de ley que busca aumentar la transparencia y la supervisión de los inversionistas activistas que adquieren grandes participaciones en las empresas, generalmente con el objetivo de obtener puestos en la junta y estimular el cambio dentro de las empresas.