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News release: “The BIS Quarterly Review for December 2010, released today, discusses how the focus of market participants has shifted to renewed worries about sovereign risk in the euro area from the global impact of further monetary policy easing in the United States. The December issue also provides highlights from the latest BIS data on …
Zeitgeist 2010 – How the world searched: “Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010.” “This
LLRX.com: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act: A Brief Legislative History with Links, Reports and Summaries The “craft” of legislative history construction is practiced with unique and outstanding expertise by law librarian Rick McKinney. This history is designed in a streamlined fashion so as to allow users to more easily check when …
LLRX.com – ShoppingBots and Online Shopping Resources 2011 Marcus P. Zillman’s guide arrives in time for holiday shopping, and comprises a comprehensive listing of shoppingbot and online shopping resources and sites on the Internet. Comparison shopping for books, electronics, gadgets, clothing, green products, hotels? Looking for coupons, discounts, vouchers or last minute deals? Do you …
International Petroleum Monthly – November 2010 Dec 10, 2010: “The International Petroleum Monthly (IPM) is the Energy Information Administration’s primary report of recent international petroleum (oil) statistics. This report includes world petroleum production statistics through September 2010. The IPM also includes statistics for petroleum demand, stocks, and imports for the Organization for Economic Cooperation …
Organised crime and the efforts to combat it: A concern for public health, Lucy Reynolds & Martin McKee, Globalization and Health, Globalization and Health 2010, 6:21doi:10.1186/1744-8603-6-21 “This paper considers the public health impacts of the income-generating activities of organised crime. These range from the traditional vice activities of running prostitution and supplying narcotics, to the …
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Combat Drug Zone 2010: The United States Southwest Border, Colonel Stephen G Kent, Strategy Research Project, Unclassified. “Globalization and associated domestic variables such as the economy, energy, weapons proliferation, environmental issues and terrorism, dominate todays discussions, and resulting priorities. While a majority of Americans can readily identify with the everyday realities and stressors of life, …
Economic Context and Americans’ Perceptions of Income Inequality, Ping Xu & James Garand, Social Science Quarterly, December 2010, Pages 1220-1241 “Objectives: The increase in income inequality in the United States over the past three decades has been well documented, though Americans differ in their perceptions of rising inequality. In this article we investigate the degree …
News release: “The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) on December 7, 2010, showing that U.S. students are ranked average in reading and science, and below average in math. Among the 34 OECD countries, the United States ranks 14th in reading, 17th …
