Random links
- 10 foods with more ammonia than pink slime
- Includes things like most cheeses, onions, mayo, and ketchup
- Greedy oil companies and charitable natural gas companies?
- How should people view complaints about oil companies being rampant with greed when the natural gas companies (which also often deal with oil) have decreased prices in recent years?
- Unemployed? You might be too pretty
- Are too many HR employees female? (93% were female in this study) "Unlike in North America, attaching a photo to a resume is customary in much of Europe and Asia. The researchers discovered that resumes with photos of physically attractive women were far less likely to land an interview than those without a photo attached. ... After trying out various theories, the researchers concluded: 'Female jealousy of attractive women in the workplace and the negative perception of women (but not men) who include pictures of themselves on their CVs are the primary reasons for the punishment of attractive women.'"
- Gulf in Oil Prices May Set Up Market for a Fall
- "The price of front-month oil Brent crude futures has ballooned to more than $30 above the cost of contracts for delivery in 2018, which some say calls into question the claims of those who believe that oil output has peaked. ... Concerns about disruptions to supplies from the Middle East have helped drive up prices this year. But the gap, or spread, with the December 2018 contract, one of the most distant futures contracts available, is widening because of the prospect of improved production."