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Jan162019 by adminNo Comments

Tackling the gender gap: 'Wall Street's been a boy's club forever'

Finance

It's no secret that women are lagging behind their male counterparts in the financial industry. So it should come as no surprise that Citi — one of the world's largest banks — said Wednesday that itsfemale employees earn 29 percent less than its male employees globally. But it's not just about a pay gap — there are also fewer females working in the business. "Wall Street's been a boy's club forever," Ritholtz Wealth Management's Blair duQuesnay told CNBC on Wednesday. "Whate...

Jul192017 by adminNo Comments

Miami boy's death shows powerful opioid's chilling potential

Health

A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida's littlest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities say. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery. Fifth-grader Alton Banks died June 23 after a visit to the pool in the city's Overtown section. He began vomiting at home, was found unconscious that evening and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Preliminary toxicology tests showed he had fentanyl in his system, authorities said. "We don't believe he got it at his home," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Tuesday. "It could be as simple as touching it. It could have been a towel at the pool." She added: "We just don't know." The case has underscored how frigh...