Archive for February, 2014
A Rash of Deaths and a Missing Reporter — With Ties to Wall Street Investigations
February 4th, 2014Via: Wall Street on Parade: In a span of four days last week, two current executives and one recently retired top ranking executive of major financial firms were found dead. Both media and police have been quick to label the deaths as likely suicides. Missing from the reports is the salient fact that all three […]
Worldwide Cancer Cases Expected to Soar by 70% Over Next 20 Years
February 3rd, 2014Via: Guardian: Cancer cases worldwide are predicted to increase by 70% over the next two decades, from 14m in 2012 to 25m new cases a year, according to the World Health Organisation. The latest World Cancer Report says it is implausible to think we can treat our way out of the disease and that the […]
XStat for Gunshot Wounds
February 3rd, 2014Via: Popular Science: When a soldier is shot on the battlefield, the emergency treatment can seem as brutal as the injury itself. A medic must pack gauze directly into the wound cavity, sometimes as deep as 5 inches into the body, to stop bleeding from an artery. It’s an agonizing process that doesn’t always work–if […]
Wall Street Attracts Chop Shops 20 Years After ‘Wolf’
February 3rd, 2014Via: Bloomberg: When Paul Taboada ran Charles Morgan Securities Inc. at 120 Wall St., he set himself apart by wearing suits with the brokerage’s name stitched into the pinstripes. He ran into trouble within a few years. A client was sent to jail in 2010 for a fraud prosecutors alleged Taboada facilitated. Customers complained about […]
