BILL GROSS AND THE SMILEY FACE MUG ON BLOOMBERG TV: “WE SEE BUBBLES EVERYWHERE”

PIMCO’s Bill Gross brought a smile face mug on Bloomberg TV’s “Market Makers” today to illustrate to Erik Schatzker and Sara Eisen how happy he is. Gross said the end of the 30 year US bond rally is unlikely to be like 1994 and he sees 12-months of treasury, corporate and high yields that don’t move much.

 

Gross also said: “We see bubbles everywhere, and that is not to be dramatic [...]

The smart ‘tattoo’ with sensors that can measure how tired you are

Daily Mail
December 7, 2012

Medical sensors concealed within temporary tattoos could be used by coaches to fine-tune their athletes’ training, a new study claims.

Researchers at University of Toronto Scarborough invented the sensor, which comes in a thin flexible transfer adorned with a cheerful smiley-face design.

‘We wanted a design that could conceal the electrodes,’ says Vinci Hung, a PhD candidate in the university’s Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, who was part [...]

Mother’s anger after daughter, 8, is handed ‘catastrophe award’ for coming up with most excuses for not having homework

Pupil given certificate in front of laughing classmates
Mum describes it as ‘cruel’

Experts say it is the wrong thing to do

School says it was a ‘joke’

The dog ate it, the computer exploded, I spilt spaghetti bolognaise over it.

School children have been coming up with excuses for failing to hand in their homework since the concept was invented.

Now a frustrated 3rd grade teacher in Tucson, Arizona, has decided to recognise the art [...]

Kansas lottery winner comes forward to claim share of record $656 million jackpot… but who is it?

The lucky lottery player in Kansas who won a share of the record $656 million jackpot last Friday has stepped forward to claim their winnings.

The winner has chosen to stay anonymous so instead, officials presented a jumbo check to a cardboard figure at a press conference on Friday.

The player, who is believed to have bought the ticket in northeast Kansas, only discovered they had the winning ticket three days after [...]