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76. Nick leeson, "The Rogue Trader"

diagnosed with colon cancer

Nicholas William Leeson who brought down the
BARINGS BANK, a leading British investment bank

I had just joined Singapore a few months back when the following news
appeared. The event related back to the year 1995 when I was looking
for some job opportunity in Singapore while working in India. Though
Nick had made mistakes in his professional life but the news of his illness
with cancer was really a bad news for him and people around him.

Excerpts from the BBC News item

UK

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