Day archives: November 14th, 2008

OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet

OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (11/13/2008): “Based on projections from the EIA November 2008 Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $979 billion of net oil export revenues in 2008, and $595 billion in 2009. Through October, OPEC has earned an estimated $884 billion in net …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

President's Working Group on Financial Markets Announces Initiatives to Strengthen OTC Derivatives Oversight and Infrastructure

News release: “Initiatives announced today include the development of credit default swap central counterparties, some of which will commence operations before the end of 2008, and the establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding regarding CDS central counterparties among the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. …

Subjects: Government Documents

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Final Regulations

“Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr., issued the following statement on the Treasury Department’s issuance today of final regulations implementing section 721 of the Defense Production Act, as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007: “The final regulations issued today strengthen the CFIUS process in a manner that reaffirms America’s longstanding policy …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HUD issues new mortgage rules to help consumers shop for lower cost home loans

News release: “For the first time in more than 30 years, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued long-anticipated mortgage reforms that will help consumers to shop for the lowest cost mortgage and avoid costly and potentially harmful loan offers. HUD will require, for the first time ever, that lenders and mortgage brokers …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

The Global Gender Gap Report 2008

The Global Gender Gap 2008: “Norway (1) leads the world in closing the gender gap between men and women, according to the overall ranking in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2008 released today. Three other Nordic countries – Finland (2), Sweden (3) and Iceland (4) – also top the Report’s Gender Gap …

Subjects: Knowledge Management