A Manpower survey asks employers if they’re having trouble finding people to hire. In that survey, about 11 percent say they can’t get people to accept jobs at the wages they’re paying. So 11 percent are saying we’re not paying enough. The real number is probably double that. We’re not very good at identifying problems we create ourselves. If they’re not finding [employees], don’t call it a skills gap; don’t call it a skills mismatch – you’re just being cheap
Author: SupremeCmdr
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis – Real World Deflation Defined
Neither money supply nor the CPI can adequately explain interest rates, housing prices, lack of jobs, and numerous other real-world phenomena. In the real-world, in a credit-based economy, it is credit that matters.
Good point!
Scary Chart of the Day – 06.24.2012
I am part of the green line. Click through below for an excellent analysis.
NatWest Open Sunday – IT Fail Causes Chaos
NatWest is battling to get on top of a huge backlog of failed payments after a software upgrade on Tuesday night went wrong, resulting in the bank being unable to process payments for its personal and business customers.
via NatWest opens on Sunday as IT glitch causes chaos | Reuters.
In a prior life, I ran information technology operations for two different insurance companies. I changed my professional focus because the stress and pressure of maintaining 100% up-time in a 24/7 environment as my budgets were continuously cut was stupid. Software upgrades should not, I repeat, NOT take down your entire business operations. But in this case it did.
On Monday go give your IT person a BIG HUG. She/he deserves it.
Weight Loss Surgery May Boost Problem Drinking
Almost 10% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery to combat obesity had symptoms of an alcohol use disorder 2 years after surgery, a large prospective cohort study showed.
The prevalence of alcohol use disorders increased from 7.6% before surgery to 9.6% 2 years after the procedure, as reported online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Have surgery, lose weight, become alcoholic!
Vitamin D Plus Calcium May Cut Mortality Risk
Patients receiving both calcium and vitamin D had a 9% lower mortality rate through 3 years of treatment than those not receiving vitamin D (HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.98), according to Lars Rejnmark, MD, PhD, of Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, and colleagues.
How about a non-prescription supplement and vitamin questionnaire?
Six Minute Walk Test May Help Predict Cardio Risk
The 6-minute walk test may improve cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with stable coronary heart disease, researchers found.
Even after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors and measures of cardiac disease severity, each standard deviation decrease in walk distance was associated with a 30% greater risk of MI, heart failure, or death (HR 1.30, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.53), according to Alexis Beatty, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues.
New underwriting requirement for applicants with known heart disease. Take a walk.
Kidney Disease = Possible Risk for MI
In a large cohort study, patients with only CKD had a significantly higher rate of myocardial infarction (MI) than those who only had diabetes (5.4 versus 6.9 per 1,000 person-years, P
Those who’d already had an MI had the highest overall rate of MI (18.5 per 1,000 person-years), they reported online in The Lancet.
Drawing Test Predicts Stroke Mortality Risk
Poorer performance on Trail Making Test-A (TMT-A) almost doubled the risk of death during a median poststroke follow-up of 2.5 years (HR 1.88 per SD, 95% CI 1.31 to 2.71, P=0.001). Patients who performed the worst on the TMT-A had almost a three times greater mortality risk compared with patients who had the best scores on the test prior to stroke (HR 2.90 per SD, 95% CI 1.24 to 6.77, P=0.014).
Any life insurance companies out there using this test?
The Answer is 9.9%
From 1988 to 2008, the prevalence of NAFLD rose from 3.6% to 9.9% among children ages 12 to 18…
via Medical News: Fatty Liver Disease on Rise in Teens – in Meeting Coverage, DDW from MedPage Today.
Question: What is the prevalence of NAFLD in children ages 12-18?
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