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Americas Families and Living Arrangements: 2007 – Population Characteristics, September 2009 – “This report presents basic trends in household and family composition and living arrangements. Previous U.S. Census Bureau reports in this series were based only on the Annual Social and Economic supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC). With the full implementation of …
William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Remarks at the Fordham Corporate Law Center Lecture, New York “My assessment of where things stand today is mixed. On the positive side, the financial markets are performing better and the economy is now recovering. In fact, the improvement in …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads in line with the FTC Act. The notice incorporates several changes to the FTCs Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, which …
Briefing on Air Force’s Response on Fee-For-Service Aerial Refueling, GAO-10-124R, October 05, 2009 Retirement Savings: Better Information and Sponsor Guidance Could Improve Oversight and Reduce Fees for Participants, GAO-09-641, September 04, 2009 Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use, GAO-09-446, August 25, 2009
News release: “After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Congress passed TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to prevent another catastrophic bank failure. Nearly a year later, the government has essentially formalized the idea that major banks are too big to fail (TBTF). A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research …
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition), U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009 “The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in womens labor force activities. Womens labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s, particularly among women with children, and …
Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007, 10/1/09: “First national study on crime against persons with disabilities Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities.” The report, Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007 (NCJ 227814), was written by BJS statisticians Michael Rand and Erika Harrell.
“The Doing Business Gender Law Library is a collection of national legal provisions impacting women’s economic status in 183 economies. The database facilitates comparative analysis of legislation, serves as a resource for research, and contributes to reforms that can enhance womens full economic participation. We update the collection regularly but do not guarantee that laws …
World Bank – Gender Equality as Smart Economics Newsletter, October 2009 “The World Bank Group will launch an Adolescent Girls Initiative on October 10 with the participation of President Robert B. Zoellick, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence and Nike CEO Mark Parker. Other invitees include Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. This public-private partnership aims to economically …
News release: “NLM® is pleased to announce a redesign of the PubMed interface. While retaining the robust functionality, the interface was simplified to make it easier to use while promoting scientific discovery. The changes to PubMed are outlined here. Please note that search processing, including Automatic Term Mapping, has not changed. The PubMed homepage has …
International Union for Conservation of Nature: Species Extinction The Facts “The world is, and always has been, in a state of flux. Over hundreds of millions of years, continents have broken apart, oceans appeared, mountains formed and worn away. With geological change come changes in living things: species, populations, and whole lineages disappear, and …
News release: “The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the average interest rate on conventional 30-year, fixed-rate, mortgage loans of $417,000 or less decreased 1 basis point to 5.30 percent in August. The average interest rate on 15-year, fixed-rate loans of $417,000 or less increased 3 basis points to 4.92 percent in August. These …
