"Must be a board meeting."
Posted on 02/28/2014 2:30:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There have been several prominent news reports on the sudden and mysterious deaths of several bankers and businessmen from around the world since January, leading some to speculate that the deaths point to economic trouble on the horizon and others to suggest that work-related pressures likely played a part, as suicide has been a factor in many of these cases.
The latest mysterious case reported is that of James Stuart Jr. Stuart, a former CEO of National Bank of Commerce whose career path includes time at Citibank and First Commerce Bancshares. He was found dead on Feb. 19 with no details given on the circumstances of his death, according to JournalStar.com.
Just a day prior, it was reported by the New York Post that 33-year-old JPMorgan banker Li Junjie had jumped 30 stories to his death from the roof of the Charter House building in Hong Kong used by the company.
Li reportedly had complained to colleagues about work-related stress before committing suicide Feb. 18. Witnesses say police tried to keep the 33-year-old banker from leaping from the Charter House building, 10 floors of which are used by JPMorgan, according to the Financial Post. A statement from JPMorgan Chase & Co. called Li's death "a sad and tragic incident."
Bloomberg News reported that Ryan Crane, a 37-year-old JPMorgan Chase & Co. employee, died at his Stamford, Conn., home on Feb. 3. The 14-year banking executive's cause of death was unknown and pending a toxicology report.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, Jan. 28: "A 39-year-old man died Tuesday morning after falling from J.P. Morgan Chase Co.'s skyscraper in Canary Wharf, one of London's main financial districts, according to a police statement. The J.P. Morgan employee, Gabriel Magee, vice president in technology operations, landed on a ninth-floor roof and was pronounced dead at the scene." The WSJ quoted a police spokesman as saying "the incident is being treated as non-suspicious."
The publication also reported: "Separately, Tim Dickenson, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG, died last week. The circumstances of and reason for Mr. Dickenson's death haven't been made public."
Additionally, London police were called to the home of William Broeksmit, a 58-year-old American and former senior executive at Deutsche Bank AG "who appeared to have committed suicide, according to a person familiar with the matter." CBS News reports, citing London authorities, that Broeksmit was found hanging in the home on Sunday, Jan. 26.
Also, according to Businessweek: "Mike Dueker, the chief economist at Russell Investments, was found dead at the side of a highway that leads to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department." The 50-year-old chief economist reportedly died Wednesday, Jan. 29.
A detective with local law enforcement said Dueker "was having problems at work, without elaborating" although a company spokesperson said he had been "in good standing" at Russell Investments. Dueker apparently had committed suicide after "[jumping] over a 4-foot fence" and "falling down a 40- to 50-foot embankment," according to Businessweek. The Associated Press reported that Dueker previously was reported missing by his family the same day his body was found.
What could this spate of deaths mean, and are they connected in any way?
Those are the kinds of questions speculators have been mulling, chief among them Wayne Allyn Root, a bestselling author, former CNBC host, Fox News contributor, and 2008 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee.
Root speculates on his website these deaths were somehow connected to an upcoming "epic economic collapse" or "economic Armageddon" due to "spending, entitlements and debt" spawned by "corrupt, ignorant and reckless politicians." Root admits that he could only offer "educated guesses" but is convinced that "something is very wrong. Something bad is coming."
The string of banking and business-related deaths also has landed on the radar of Timothy Maxwell "Max" Keiser, an American broadcaster who has worked with Russia Today, the BBC, Al-Jazeera English and others. He suggested on a Russia Today program that there were reports that "up to 20 bankers have recently been found dead," and said he did not think their cases were connected. Keiser suggested, instead, that pressures from ongoing investigations into financial fraud might have played a part.
The WSJ report noting the rash of banker deaths also cited serious concerns about worker-related stress, an issue that several major banks such as Credit Suisse Group AG, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch have been reviewing and taking measures to address.
Dr. Christine Moutier, of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, told the New York Post that the cluster of deaths was "striking."
"In some high-stress careers, worrying about mental health is seen as a weakness and goes untreated," said Moutier.
Joris Luyendijk, business blogger for The Guardian, has spoken in-depth with finance workers about their experiences on the condition of anonymity. Luyendijk told Russia Today in a recent report on the recent suicides that bankers work in a "deeply dysfunctional and abusive system" and face all types of pressures and instability on the job.
Watch Russia Today's Feb. 17 report on the rash of banker suicides
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Well, it could be said that those financiers that leap from tall buildings in a single bound certainly make a hit on their respective financial streets.
Most generally, if I seek conspiratorial entertainment I go to WND or Alex Jones but Russia Today? Some places I just wont go.
The news is in other sites as well:
SEE HERE:
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-wall-street-bankers-committ-suicide-2014-2
TITLE: Why Wall Street Bankers Commit Suicide
http://rt.com/business/jpmorgan-third-banker-suicide-655/
Financial death toll rises to 6, as JP Morgan employee jumps from Asian HQ
http://voxxi.com/2014/02/20/jp-morgan-suicides/
Suicide in the Banking World, 7 Deaths this week
http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_323_34910.php
WHAT IS BEHIND THE GROWING PILE OF DEAD INTERNATIONAL BANKER BODIES?
Drip.... Drip.... Drip....
Notice it is all Mid-high level people that are dropping...
The really high up people have private islands etc....
The middle-high people will be in the same boat as the rest of us when SHTF...
The Middle-High folks are also some of the people who really know “Where the cow ate the cabbage” as they have to deal with some of the upper echelon accounting at these banks and firms....
Drip... Drip.... Drip...
The Dead so far:
William Broeksmit, 58-year-old former senior executive at Deutsche Bank AG.
Karl Slym, 51-year-old Tata Motors managing director.
Gabriel Magee, 39-year-old JPMorgan banker.
Mike Dueker, 50-year-old chief economist of a U.S. investment bank.
Richard Talley, the 57-year-old founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colo.
Tim Dickenson, U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG.
Ryan Henry Crane, 37-year-old executive at JPMorgan.
Li Junjie, 33-year-old Hong Kong banker.
James Stewart Jr., former CEO of the National Bank of Commerce.
Well... we do have a surplus of banksters.
Perhaps we could accelerate this with some sort of bag limit?
I suggest a combined Bankster/Lawyer permit that allows any combination of 10 per season.
“...ongoing investigations into financial fraud...”
Libor Scandal still unfolding?
The Dead so far:
William Broeksmit, 58-year-old former senior executive at Deutsche Bank AG.
Karl Slym, 51-year-old Tata Motors managing director.
Gabriel Magee, 39-year-old JPMorgan banker.
Mike Dueker, 50-year-old chief economist of a U.S. investment bank.
Richard Talley, the 57-year-old founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colo.
Tim Dickenson, U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG.
Ryan Henry Crane, 37-year-old executive at JPMorgan.
Li Junjie, 33-year-old Hong Kong banker.
James Stewart Jr., former CEO of the National Bank of Commerce.
Ninety years ago bankers jumping out of windows was a warning.
Today, meh....
Drip.... Drip.... Drip....
Notice it is all Mid-high level people that are dropping...
The really high up people have private islands etc....
The middle-high people will be in the same boat as the rest of us when SHTF...
The Middle-High folks are also some of the people who really know “Where the cow ate the cabbage” as they have to deal with some of the upper echelon accounting at these banks and firms....
Drip... Drip.... Drip...
Forgot to mention.....
When the High Level Muckety Mucks are safe and far away when crap hits the air moving devices, the mid-level people KNOW they will be stuck here and will be EXPECTED to take direct Blame because once the truth is know an unruly MOB will be looking for blood.
I don’t blame them for jumping off a building....
It could also be the High Level muckety Mucks attempting to cover their tracks before SHTF....
However as a wise man once said “A Little of column A, A little of Coloumn B”
I was thinking HSBC (cartel laundering) as well.
RE: Libor Scandal still unfolding?
They call it “suicide”, and yet... we know that in America’s streets perpetrators have killed victims for crimes involving a few dollars.
So, here’s the question -— is it out of the realm of belief that hit squads and assassinations would be par for the course in crimes involving Tens , perhaps hundreds of Billions of dollars?
"Must be a board meeting."
From the article:
“up to 20 bankers have recently been found dead,”
Not a coincidence. Hit squads and assassinations sound about right.
Russia Today is at least as reputable as CNN.
Jimmy Stewart???
Bedford Falls is doomed, DOOMED, I say!
RE: Bedford Falls is doomed, DOOMED, I say!
It’s actually been renamed to Pottersville.... :)
Not a coincidence. Hit squads and assassinations sound about right.
Barack was really upset when they dropped the Bond Rating for the 57 United States Of Obama-World.
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