China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues, Shirley A. Kan, Specialist in Asian Security Affairs November 7, 2012 “Congress has long been concerned about whether U.S. policy advances the national interest in reducing the role of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction… Continue Reading
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The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
CRS – The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position, James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, November 8, 2012 “The international investment position of the United States is an annual measure of the assets Americans own abroad and the assets foreigners own in the United States.… Continue Reading
National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction
“The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminal record are hard to find and harder to understand. Now it will be easier to do both. Congress directed the National Institute of Justice to collect and study collateral consequences in all U.S. jurisdictions, and… Continue Reading
Gallup – U.S. Workers Least Happy With Their Work Stress and Pay
News release, by Lydia Saad: “U.S. workers are the least satisfied with their on-the-job stress and money they make, out of 13 aspects of work conditions rated in Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll. Fewer than a third say they are completely satisfied with each. They are most satisfied with the physical safety conditions of… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Arson and the Science of Fire
Via LLRX.com – Arson and the Science of Fire: Ken Strutin’s expert commentary focuses on the duality of fire as both a science and a set of actions and behaviors initiated by individuals and groups. Strutin documents how these factors relate to the complexities of criminal prosecutions in this arena, and how assumptions about the… Continue Reading
Nate Silver – Which Polls Fared Best (and Worst) in the 2012 Presidential Race
Nate Silver – “As Americans modes of communication change, the techniques that produce the most accurate polls seems to be changing as well. In last Tuesdays presidential election, a number of polling firms that conduct their surveys online had strong results. Some telephone polls also performed well. But others, especially those that called only landlines… Continue Reading
Pew – More Americans Worry about Financing Retirement
Adults in Their Late 30s Most Concerned – More Americans Worry about Financing Retirement, by Rich Morin and Richard Fry, October 22, 2012 “Despite a slowly improving economy and a three-year-old stock market rebound, Americans today are more worried about their retirement finances than they were at the end of the Great Recession in 2009,… Continue Reading
Milliman analysis: Octobers $45 billion funded status decline pushes pension deficit to $498 billion
“For the past 12 years, Milliman has conducted an annual study of the 100 largest defined benefit pension plans sponsored by U.S. public companies. The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index projects the funded status for pension plans included in our study, reflecting the impact of market returns and interest rate changes on pension funded status,… Continue Reading
EU Commission launches consultation on transnational company agreements
“A European Commission consultation document has highlighted the fact that transnational company agreements (TCAs) began to be concluded in significant numbers from 2000. By the start of 2012, about 144 companies had concluded at least one European Framework Agreement (EFA) or International Framework Agreement (IFA), covering a total of 10 million employees. In 2008, the… Continue Reading
Balance of economic power will shift dramatically over the next 50 years, says OECD
Looking to 2060: Long-term growth prospects for the world “The next 50 years will see major changes in country shares in world GDP. On the basis of 2005 purchasing power parities (PPPs), China is projected to surpass the Euro Area in a year or so and the United States in a few more years, to… Continue Reading
White Paper – Thinking Like Your Client: Strategic Planning in Law Firms
Thinking Like Your Client: Strategic Planning in Law Firms – A report from ALM Legal Intelligence, October 2012. “LexisNexis has spent the past few years highlighting the difference between the practice of law and the business of law; and the lackluster economic conditions over that same time span have only served to reinforce how important… Continue Reading
International Energy Agency Releases World Energy Outlook 2012
Press release: “North America leads shift in global energy balance, IEA says in latest World Energy Outlook – The global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion, the International Energy Agency said as it launched the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO). The Agency’s flagship publication, released today in London, said these changes… Continue Reading
