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35% of American adults own a smartphone – One quarter of smartphone owners use their phone for most of their online browsing. Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, 7/11/2011. “Several groups have higher than average levels of smartphone adoption, including: The financially well-off and well-educated 59% of adults living in a household earning income of …
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2011, July 2011 “The Energy Information Administration (EIA) produces projections of energy supply and demand each year in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO). The projections in the AEO are not statements of what will happen but of what might happen, given the assumptions and …
Global Banks and Their Internal Capital Markets during the Crisis – Nicola Cetorelli and Linda S. Goldberg “As financial markets have become increasingly globalized, banks have developed growing networks of branches and subsidiaries in foreign countries. This expansion of banking across borders is changing the way banks manage their balance sheets, and the ways home …
“The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) critical response to a July 4 report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) ignored the body of evidence presented by TRAC about systematic and hard-to-explain disparities within the SSA’s court system. A point-by-point refutation of the agency’s sweeping statement regarding TRAC’s report can be found here. Read TRAC’s original …
News release: “Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a framework to assist states in building Affordable Insurance Exchanges, state-based competitive marketplaces where individuals and small businesses will be able to purchase affordable private health insurance and have the same insurance choices as members of Congress. Starting in 2014, Exchanges will …
Interagency Collaboration: Implications of a Common Alignment of World Regions among Select Federal Agencies, GAO-11-776R, July 11, 2011 Private Fund Advisers: Although a Self-Regulatory Organization Could Supplement SEC Oversight, It Would Present Challenges and Trade-offs, GAO-11-623, July 11, 2011
Securing a clean energy future – The Australian Governments Climate Change Plan, July 2011 “The Government has developed a comprehensive plan for a clean energy future. The need for this plan is clear, from both an environmental and an economic perspective. This plan has been devised in response to clear scientific advice that the world …
“The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act established the federal premerger notification program, which provides the FTC and the Department of Justice with information about large mergers and acquisitions before they occur. The parties to certain proposed transactions must submit premerger notification to the FTC and DOJ. Premerger notification involves completing an HSR Form, also called a Notification and …
