01.07
Bitch about Headline News on Health, Environment, Internet, Politics and other Issues
Spiegel Online reports here: The super-rich lost a great deal in 2009, with hundreds of unfortunates losing their billionaire status. A Swiss private banker talks about the ugly consequences of the crisis for his elite clientele and the discreet services he is sometimes asked to perform, such as buying secret apartments for clients’ mistresses.
The past year seemed a fitting end to a decade during which the world lurched from crisis to crisis. The list of unfinished business is long and many pressing issues are set to demand attention in 2010. SPIEGEL Online presents here the ones to watch.
Diabetes link to quitting smoking, BBC News reports here: Giving up smoking sharply increases the risk of developing type-two diabetes, a US study suggests.