11-20-2015, 10:51 PM
When I tell people I teach philosophy, to children their reaction is almost always: “Gosh, you mean in a private school?” When I tell them that I mostly work in Deptford, Brixton and Whitechapel with children receiving free school meals, they look surprised. Who can blame them? Philosophers stir their tea pondering how we know the sun will rise tomorrow, while the working classes worry whether there is enough money on the electric meter for today, right?
The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed. They identified bacteria able to shrug off the drug of last resort - colistin - in patients and livestock in China. They said that resistance would spread around the world and raised the spectre of untreatable infections. It is likely resistance emerged after colistin was overused in farm animals.
Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News
The amount of money in GLD has dropped to its lowest level since January 2009, according to FactSet data. That’s shown in the chart below. Back then, the U.S. was in recession and U.S. stocks were still two months away from finding a bottom.
How investors are abandoning gold, in one chart - MarketWatch
But an investor named Joe Campbell was not so lucky when he placed a $37,000 short position on KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. KBIO, -7.88% late Wednesday, only to find out on Thursday that the shares had shot up about 800% after Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli gained control of a majority of KaloBios’ shares.
Why you should never short-sell stocks - MarketWatch
Many employers say today’s university graduates don’t quite measure up. In survey after survey, they rate young applicants as deficient in such key workplace skills as written and oral communication, critical thinking and analytical reasoning.
BBC - Capital - This is the real reason new graduates can’t get hired