Showing posts with label Arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Man plunges to death from Empire State Building


 10:11 p.m. ET, Tues., March. 30, 2010

NEW YORK - Authorities say a 21-year-old man has plunged to his death in an apparent suicide jump off the Empire State Building during the evening rush hour. Police say the man was dead when rescue workers arrived at the 102-story skyscraper shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities wouldn't immediately release his name or say from which floor he had jumped.
Empire State Building 
The Empire State Building is the third-tallest building in the United States. More than 30 people have committed suicide at the building since it opened in 1931. Before Tuesday, the most recent was believed to have been in 2006, when a man jumped from a vacant office on the 66th floor link


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Absolute Return Letter February 2010 If PIIGS Could Fly


It was always naïve to believe that a crisis so deep and profound was
going to go away with a whimper; however, an increase of more than
50% in global equity prices can be very seductive, and nine months of
virtually uninterrupted gains have led many to believe that the
problems of 2008-09 are now largely behind us.

Well, not quite everybody. Friend and business partner John Mauldin
remains a sceptic. I have had the pleasure of travelling across Europe
with John over the past week or so and, as the week progressed, my
mood swung decisively towards a state where Prozac would probably
be the most appropriate remedy.

Now, John and I do not agree on absolutely everything. For example, I
believe – and have believed for a while – that he is too bearish on
equities. But, before we go there, allow me to share with you the
essence of John’s views which can be summed up quite nicely by two
charts, courtesy of BCA Research.
FULL REPORT HERE
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