Day archives: March 22nd, 2011

EPIC: Courts Rejects Google Books Settlement as Unfair

EPIC: “Judge Denny Chin struck down a proposed settlement between Google and copyright holders that would have imposed significant privacy risks on e-book consumers. Google’s proposal would have entitled the company to collect each users’ search queries as well as the titles and page numbers of the books they read. In a February 2010 hearing …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, E-Commerce, Legal Research, Privacy

Federal Reserve System publishes annual financial statements

News release: “The Federal Reserve System on Tuesday released the 2010 combined annual comparative financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, the limited liability companies (LLCs) that were created to respond to strains in financial markets, and the Board of Governors. These financial statements are …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report – Federal Open Market Committee by the Markets Group of Federal Reserve Bank of New York

A Report Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee by the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, March 2011 “This report reviews the conduct of open market operations and other developments that influenced the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve in 2010. Highlighted are policies and operations associated with outright holdings …

Subjects: Government Documents