Ron Wyden

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has called on the Justice Department to hold Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) accountable for what he describes as “negligent cybersecurity practices.” What Happened: In a letter sent on Thursday to the heads of the Justice Department, Cybersecurity and...

Bernie Sanders and a bipartisan group of senators, including Chuck Grassley, Ron Wyden, Rand Paul and Ed Markey, introduced a new bill to end Pentagon's “wasteful spending.” What Happened: The Audit the Pentagon bill by Sanders and other senators aims to mandate the Department of...

The Senate Banking Committee led by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, Committee Chair,  heard testimony on the SAFE Banking Act Thursday for nearly two hours before adjourning without a vote. Opening the hearing were Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) who refiled ...

Major Wall Street indices closed over 1% higher on Monday after last week’s subdued performance. Investors are bracing for the release of the consumer price inflation data on Tuesday followed by the crucial Federal Reserve meeting outcome on Wednesday. Meanwhile, here are the five stocks that...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk has taken an uncivil dig at Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, the architect of a proposed billionaires tax that prompted Musk’s Twitter poll on a stock sale.   What Happened: Musk, who has changed his Twitter username...

The result of a Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) poll by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is final, and a majority of his followers say he should sell 10% of his company stock. What Happened: On Saturday, Musk tweeted a poll asking his followers to vote on his decision, saying the...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are trading lower Thursday morning as crypto regulation uncertainty persists and the Ethereum network prepares for its transition to "Ethereum 2.0." Following the introduction of a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would...

Democratic senators led by presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in a Thursday letter that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s failure to protect a major financial customer led to an enormous data breach...

Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) shares fell following news that Sen. Ron Wyden proposed legislation requiring drug middlemen from disclosing secret discounts they receive from manufacturers. The company did express to Benzinga it's working with Sen. Wyden, acknowledging the risks...

Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) saw its stock lose nearly 2 percent Wednesday after Sen. Ron Wyden proposed a legislation which would require drug middlemen, like Express Scripts, from disclosing otherwise secret discounts they receive from drug manufacturers. According to a...

The bill H.R. 5771 has yet to receive President Obama's signature, but the news of extended tax breaks for 2014 is cause for a sigh of celebration and lots of preparation. Congress on Tuesday voted to extend a handful of tax breaks that have met their expiration date through the end of 2014...