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Smog in New York City could be affecting the stock market, new research says
A growing body of research suggests that increases in fine particulate matter can affect human cognition in multiple ways, including productivity and the willingness to take risks. The results could have broad implications for the economy and have effects in unlikely places, such as the New York Stock Exchange.
Madoffs Attempted Suicide After Confession
Ruth Madoff, wife of disgraced financier Bernard L. Madoff, says the couple attempted suicide on Christmas Eve 2008, shortly after he confessed to running the largest Ponzi scheme in history. “We were both so saddened by everything that had happened,” Ruth Madoff said in an interview with The New York Times. “It was unthinkable to me: hate mail, phone […]
