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28 Feb 2009 10:21

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Biz: Elie Wiesel: Not a big Bernard Madoff fan

  • ‘Sociopath,’ ‘psychopath,’ it means there is a sickness, a pathology. This man knew what he was doing. I would simply call him thief, scoundrel, criminal.
  • Elie Wiesel • Talking about Bernard Madoff, who made off with $15 million from Wiesel’s charity organization as part of the $50 billion he stole from investors. Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning writer, says Madoff should be held in solitary confinement with pictures of his victims constantly showing on a screen. • source

11 Feb 2009 21:30

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Biz: Bernard Madoff’s wife: Cashing out when it’s crashing down?

  • $15 million was taken out before her hubby was arrested source

26 Jan 2009 11:02

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Tech: The Downadup virus: fast-spreading but easily-preventable

  • 15 million PCs have been hit by the Downadup virus, mostly in Europe and China source