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Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain, Marc Humphries, Analyst in Energy Policy, July 28, 2010 “The concentration of production of rare earth elements (REEs) outside the United States raises the important issue of supply vulnerability. REEs are used for new energy technologies and national security applications. Is the United States vulnerable to supply disruptions …
Displaced Workers Summary – “From January 2007 through December 2009, 6.9 million workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was nearly twice as many as were displaced for the survey period covering January 2005 to December 2007. In January 2010, …
International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2008 – “The trade-weighted average of hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for all employees in manufacturing among 32 foreign economies was 85 percent of the U.S. level in 2008, increasing from 82 percent in 2007, according to data issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. …
Interbank transaction data stripped from entities blacklisted by DOJ for money laundering: “Last week Britain’s Barclays Bank became the latest foreign bank to be penalized hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly helping US-sanctioned parties clandestinely move large sums of money through the American financial system. Barclays agreed to pay $298 million for allegedly helping …
