BUDAPEST (Reuter) - Twelve Hungarians who invested in a scheme to raise topsoil-producing earthworms killed themselves after the worms failed to produce profits. The 12 were among thousands lured into a 1989 worm-raising craze, promoted by banks as an attractive scheme for small investors.
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