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American Express Suspends A Director In Foreign-Exchange Pricing Scam (#GotBitcoin?)

American Express Co. suspended a director in its foreign-exchange department as part of its ongoing investigation into pricing practices in the division, according to people familiar with the matter. American Express Suspends A Director In Foreign-Exchange Pricing Scam Employees were informed that Taylor Simonin was suspended last month. Foreign-exchange employees were…

An Online Tool To Catch Workplace Sexual Predators (#GotBitcoin?)

The nonprofit Callisto is bringing its digital reporting platform to the office. The goal: to identify repeat #MeToo offenders and protect their accusers. An Online Tool To Catch Workplace Sexual Predators Women have long used word of mouth to warn each other about sexual predators, recognizing that offenders often target…

Computer Models To Investors: Short Everything! (#GotBitcoin?)

  [caption id="attachment_7496" align="aligncenter" width="730"] A Computer Terminal In AlphaSimplex Group In Cambridge, Mass., Which Found That Funds Using Trend-Following Strategies Are Betting Against Most Asset Classes.[/caption] Trend-following algorithms turn bearish at swiftest pace since 2008 as machines steer more trades. Computer Models To Investors: Short Everything! Investors have started to…

Yellow Vests Initiate French Bank Run (#GotBitcoin?)

Reports are emerging that the anti-Emmanuel Macron protesters in France, known in English as the Yellow Vests, are planning to stage a bank run this weekend. Yellow Vests Initiate French Bank Run (#GotBitcoin?) Although the changes of such an initiative bringing the government to its knees, as the demonstrators hope, are slim,…

Blood Pressure, Baby’s Pulse, Sperm Potency: Home Health Devices Are Tracking More Than Ever (#GotBitcoin?)

[caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="723"] Workers Prepare Displays In The Lobby Of The Las Vegas Convention Center Ahead Of This Week’s CES.[/caption] Wearables and other inexpensive products and services can now extract detailed information about our bodies—so how will their makers handle all that data? Blood Pressure, Baby’s Pulse, Sperm Potency: Home…

The $9 Billion “Overestimate”: How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare (#GotBitcoin)

CVS, UnitedHealth, Humana and other health insurers’ bids to manage Part D prescription-drug plans for seniors have been consistently off in ways that benefit the companies at the expense of taxpayers. The $9 Billion "Overestimate": How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare (#GotBitcoin) A Customer At A Pharmacy In Hurricane,…

Declaring A National Emergency Could Give Trump Authority To Shutdown Your Bank Account (#GotBitcoin?)

For Instance, The President Can, With The Flick Of His Pen, Activate Laws Allowing Him To Shut Down Many Kinds Of Electronic Communications Inside The United States Or Freeze Americans’ Bank Accounts. For some time now President Trump has been publicly and privately mulling the idea of using a national emergency…

Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing As Much

The Wells Of Some Producers In The Permian Basin Appear To Lag Behind Forecasts. Data analysis reveals thousands of locations are yielding less than their owners projected to investors; ‘illusory picture’ of prospects. Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing As Much As Forecast  Thousands of shale wells drilled in the last…

The Telepsychiatrist Can See Your Child Now, Virtually (#GotBitcoin?)

With a growing shortage of mental-health professionals for children and adolescents, more health-care providers are turning to technology. The Tele-Psychiatrist Can See Your Child Now, Virtually [caption id="attachment_7283" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Sarah Ford, 14 Years Old, Was Struggling With Depression, Hallucinations And Suicidal Thoughts When She Sought Help.[/caption] When Sarah Ford, 14…

Saudi Woman, “If I Don’t Make It, Please Don’t Let The World Forget Me,” She Wrote In One Message (#GotBitcoin?)

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun barricaded herself in her room at a transit hotel at a Bangkok airport. Saudi Woman, “If I Don’t Make It, Please Don’t Let The World Forget Me,” She Wrote In One Message A young Saudi woman who renounced Islam and fled her family barricaded herself in her room…

Freedom of Information Act Document Reveals Antidepressant Drugs Are Less Effective Than Placebos (#GotBitcoin?)

Janis Schonfeld recalls the events that started her on her recovery from 30 years of depression with snapshot clarity: the newspaper ad she saw in 1997 seeking subjects for an antidepressant study; the chair she was sitting in when she called UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute; the window she was looking out…

What Do You Get When Legal Drug Dealers Peddle “Heroin-in-a-Pill” To It’s “Clientele”?

Jaclyn Kinkade , a 23-year-old doctor's-office receptionist and occasional model, was a casualty of America's No. 1 drug menace when she overdosed and died, alone, in a tumbledown clapboard house in Dunnellon, Fla.  What Do You Get When Legal Drug Dealers Peddle "Heroin-in-a-Pill" to it's "Clientele"? The drugs that killed her didn't…