Shortage of Medical Isotopes Ramps Up After Reactor Closing
Jul 22, 2009: A global shortage of medical isotopes is expected to get worse in two weeks as supplies run down after nuclear reactor closings. The Petten nuclear reactor in the Netherlands closed for scheduled maintenance Saturday. Together with a Canadian reactor (pictured) in Chalk River, Ontario, that was shut down in May because of [...]
Read MoreMadurai’s memoir: a Canadian refugee remembers Sri Lanka
Names have been changed to protect identity. February 2009: Madurai’s longing for the country she would never again know had become a sharp pain. That morning, she had gone to Toronto to become part of a human chain protesting the Sri Lankan civil war. She, like many others, had desperately wanted to fly the flag [...]
Read MoreHigh Pay is Back on Wall Street
From Fins.com: Old habits are hard to break on Wall Street, which looks like it may be back to lofty pay packages of 2007.Goldman Sachs is poised to pay out about $20 billion this year, which comes to a cool $700,000 per employee. This is a few thousands higher than compensation in the boom-days of [...]
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