The sad results of hype and over-speculation in the financial crisis.

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) — A 36-year-old trader at Brazil’s securities exchange shot himself in the chest in an attempted suicide on the trading floor, BM&FBovespa SA said.
The trader, who works for Itau Corretora, the brokerage unit of Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA, was taken to Santa Casa hospital in Sao Paulo and listed in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. No one else was injured in the incident, an exchange spokesman said.

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Are you affected by the crisis? Heres some benefits of protecting your assets if you fall on hard times.

Prosecutors have accused UBS, the country’s biggest bank, of cloak-and-dagger activities

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/14/ubs-switzerland