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Death By Wall Street: Rampage Of The Bulls
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Death By Wall Street: Rampage Of The Bulls (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Theodore Jerome Cohen (Author) (edit contributors)

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Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, a murder mystery, is based on real events. It is the story of how the oligarchs of Wall Street, doctors and others in the pharmaceutical research profession having significant conflicts of interest, and employees of two 'captured' US government... read more

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Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, a murder mystery, is based on real events. It is the story of how the oligarchs of Wall Street, doctors and others in the pharmaceutical research profession having significant conflicts of interest, and employees of two 'captured' US government... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, a murder mystery, is based on real events. It is the story of how the oligarchs of Wall Street, doctors and others in the pharmaceutical research profession having significant conflicts of interest, and employees of two 'captured' US government agencies the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by design as well as by simply refusing to pursue the evidence of malfeasance provided to them, deny patients life saving treatments that are demonstrated safe and effective in FDA-approved drug trials. When the severed head of a Wall Street stock analyst turns up spiked on a horn of the Wall Street Bull, Detective Louis Martelli of the NYPD is assigned to track down the murderer. But why were this victim and the victims of two similar murders that followed singled out for execution? Martelli eventually learns the answer to this question and tracks down the killer, but not before uncovering some of Wall Street's and the US government's darkest secrets pertaining to the US financial markets and the nation's health care practices. For a video trailer, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbhmPCckpQ

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  • “"Martelli looked at the dead man’s head. The eyes were wide open, staring down on the Financial District, once America’s Mecca of optimism for the future of the country and the engine of its aggressive growth. Now, the ‘Street’, as it was known, was the despised source of the country’s ruin . . . home to the oligarchs who raped and pillaged Main Street while awarding themselves outrageous salaries and stock options, their ‘rewards’ for having cheated, swindled, and defrauded the Middle Class of its savings and retirement funds.”

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Homicide Detective-Specialist Lou Martelli pulled his black, unmarked Ford 'Crown Vic' to the curb at the foot of the Bowling Green Bull, a 7,000 pound bronze sculpture that stands near Wall Street in New York City's Bowling Green Park.

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  • The financial markets have 'captured' their regulator, the SEC: Despite efforts by Harry Markopolos to apprise the SEC for more than 10 years of the fact that Mr. Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme, the SEC totally failed to uncover the largest fraud ever perpetrated on the investing public. The agency appears to be nothing more than a toothless Federal bureaucracy that has failed misearably for more than a decade to promulgate the securities laws of this nation. Even today, it is US Attorney for the SE District of New York, Hon. Preet Bharara, who is investigating insider trading, not the SEC.
  • The pharmaceutica industry has 'captured' their regulator, the FDA: There are numerous examples where the pharmaceutical industry has influenced drug approval actions within the FDA. Amother ways, this influence is exercised through the use of consultants on advisory committees who sit in judgement of new drugs brought to the agency for approval. The problem is, many of the consultants have significant conflicts of interest that render their positions and decisions on these committees suspect. There are well-known examples of cases were such consultants were working on the development of competing drugs and should not have been allowed even to vote on the safety and efficacy of the drugs being reviewed, much less be in the room with a review is being held. See, for example, www.deepcapture.com, the Dendreon Story.

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  1. Theodore Jerome Cohen (Author) - Theodore J. Cohen, PhD, holds three degrees in the physical sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been an engineer and scientist for more than 40 years. He has published more than 350 papers, articles, columns, essays, and interviews in the fields of communications and electronics, and is a co-author of The NEW Shortwave Propagation Handbook from CQ Communications.His first novel, Full Circle: A Dream Denied, A Vision Fulfilled, which is based on his avocation as a violinist--Dr. Cohen plays with the Bryn Athyn (PA) Orchestra--was published by AuthorHouse in 2009.He also has written three novels that comprise his Antarctic Murders Trilogy: Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World (Book I); Unfinished Business: Pursuit of an Antarctic Killer (Book II); and End Game: Irrational Acts, Tragic Consequences (Book III). The Trilogy was published by AuthorHouse, as well. From December 1961 through early March 1962, Dr. Cohen participated in the 16th Chilean Expedition to the Antarctic. The US Board of Geographic Names in October, 1964, named the geographical feature Cohen Islands, located at 63° 18' S. latitude, 57° 53' W. longitude in the Cape Legoupil area, Antarctica, in his honor.Dr. Cohen has been an investor since 1960, focusing almost entirely since 1980 on the world of biotechnology. His experience spans the period from the dawn of the Age of Biotechnology in the late 1970s to today's era of ever more momentous successes in the field. Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, is his first novel pertaining to the combined fields of investing and biotechnology.Dr. Cohen served in the US Army Corps of Engineers from March 1966 through March 1968, leaving the service with the rank of Captain.For more information, visit: http://www.theodorecohennovels.comTo listen to an interview with Ted on his life as a writer, go to: http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewCohenFrozenInTime.html

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Original Language: English
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Country: United States
Publication Date: 10/19/2010
ISBN: 9781452079455
Page Count: 240

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  • DeepCapture: This is a website devoted to exposing stockmarket manipulation. Readers of Death by Wall Street are encouraged to read the story entitled: Michael Miklen and Dendreonhttp://www.deepcapture.com/wp-content/uploads/story-of-dendreon.pdf

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