Day archives: July 29th, 2011

FTC Releases Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotion

News release: “The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $12.49 billion in 2006 to $10.86 billion in 2007, and again to $9.94 billion in 2008, according to a report released today by the Federal Trade Commission. The largest spending category in both 2007 …

Subjects: Government Documents

NOAA – 'Federal Disaster Assistance Budgeting: Are We Weather-ready?'

Federal Disaster Assistance Budgeting: Are We Weather-ready?, Testimony by Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, July 28, 2011 “The year 2011 has already established itself in the record books as an historic year for weather-related disasters and it is not over – in fact hurricane season is just getting underway. Just past the year’s midpoint, we have already …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

IMF: Spain: Selected Issues

Spain: Selected Issues. 2011 International Monetary Fund July 2011 IMF Country Report No. 11/216. Prepared by Jerome Vacher, Keiko Honjo and Florence Jaumotte (all EUR), Rafael Romeu (FAD), Alessandro Giustiniani (MCM), and Edouard Vidon (SPR) “The paper focuses on two major private sector internal imbalances: (i) the excessive weight of construction and real estate, and …

Subjects: Government Documents