Goldman Sachs would be a great place to work

The well-heeled bankers of Goldman Sachs will be buying the biggest turkeys on Wall Street this year as the investment bank has saved more than $US11 billion ($14.9 billion) to share among its 22,000 employees.The annual bonuses will not be limited to top brass and even the lowliest first-year banking associate can expect at least $US70,000 in his or her stocking this Christmas, enough to double their entry-level salaries.

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Check out the World’s Largest Diamond Mine

This diamond mine in eastern Siberia (Mirny, to be exact) is so deep that the surrounding “air zone… is closed for helicopters” after “a few accidents when they were ‘sucked in’ by downward air flow…” More stuff about it here.

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