Sharing jobs

McDonalds lets families share job. It is a neat idea, but I guess it depersonalises the work relationship even more, as managers won’t know who is coming in, only that someone is.

Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs

Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs? Seems difficult to make those numbers stand up, especially since it includes corporate espionage, child pornography, stock manipulation, extortion and piracy. Then again, cybercrime requires far fewer real assets, so should be...

How to Write a Resume

How to Write a Resume has what it suggests, but with a twist. I like their seventh tip: “fake an internal post-it note”. I can just see the flood of post-it note covered resumes flooding through companies’ doors. Small problem: surely the first...

Copper on the turn?

The Economist suggests thatcopper is at its peak. This is good news for my father-in-law (who has an import business based on copper), as it should stop investors getting into the metal for a while and help bring some profit back.[In other news, Copper may be the...