According to a study from the University of California, Berkeley, the US economy values pre-school teachers at between $8.63 and $20.99 per hour. This contrasts with, for instance, a minimum wage for fast food workers of $15 an hour in New York state, a figure that took 3 years to campaign for. Pre-school teachers have …
John Stumpf is the CEO of America’s most profitable megabank, Wells Fargo, which has 268,000 employees. His company has been operating in crisis mode ever since the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau hit the bank earlier this month with a $185 million fine, the largest penalty for consumer fraud the new agency has ever assessed. …
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“By the time the average child is five, its parents have posted 1,500 images of him or her on social media”. (The Daily Telegraph) Why? Who has time to post them and who has time to look at them? I am reminded of the reaction of someone I know of who, not wanting to offend, …
Music is so effective at relieving pain that patients should be allowed to listen to it before, during and after surgery, researchers have recommended. A study published in The Lancet found that pain levels fell when patients were played their favourite songs, even under general anaesthetic. “Music is a non-invasive, safe, cheap intervention that should …
“Peace comes when you have enough money and goods to live in reasonable comfort, and nothing more”. (Michel de Montaigne)
