This aint your fathers Wall Street crash.  Nope, this one belongs to the world, and today it claimed its first victim.  Paulo Sergio Silva, 36, a Brazilian trader for a large bank didn't jump out of a window, no, he shot himself in the chest smack dab in the middle of the interest rate futures pit.

He was rushed to the hospital and is listed in critical condition.  The Brazilian economy has taken a large hit in the recent economic down turn.

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