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“The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved slightly in July, plummeted in August. The Index now stands at 44.5 (1985=100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7. The Expectations Index decreased to 51.9 from 74.9 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design …
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on August 9, 2011 and of the conference call held on August 1, 2011. “Staff Review of the Economic Situation – The information reviewed at the August 9 meeting indicated that the pace …
“Today the Environment Agency released its list of the 10 most improved rivers. A river that once ran black with coal is now an international match fishing destination. Another so polluted that it was described as an affront to a civilised society is now a home for salmon, otters and water voles. And a London …
News release: “Stanford Universitys Center on Longevity and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation have joined together to launch the Research Center on the Prevention of Financial Fraud, an interdisciplinary resource for law enforcement, government and research groups studying financial fraud. Financial fraud, ranging from Ponzi schemes to online phishing scams and work from home schemes, …
“The Global Internet Speedup is the name for our collaborative effort to make the Internet faster through cooperation between recursive DNS services and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). This collaboration is being done through an open IETF proposed standard called “edns-client-subnet” which helps better direct content to users thereby decreasing latency, decreasing congestion, increasing transfer speeds …
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has created a detailed information graphic outlining the relationship of U.S. regulatory authorities to the wide network of payment, clearing and settlement systems. The graphic was developed to help explain the complex relationship among U.S. regulators and the systems that provide payment, clearing and settlement services, explained Rajeev Ranjan, …
“The database here [scroll down the page] contains the latest population estimates for 942 metropolitan and micropolitan areas, along with their official figures from April 2010. Use the tab to winnow the list to a single state, or simply hit the Search button to view the rankings in their entirety. On Numbers has developed a …
Made in America, Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S., August 25, 2011 – “The new report analyzes those cost shifts in greater detail and explains why the U.S. will gain manufacturing even if Chinese productivity accelerates. Although Chinese productivity will continue to grow at an impressive 8.5 percent annually for the next five …
Triposo – “We build free, interactive travel guides for mobile devices. To make our guides we use the content that is freely available from seven different sources, including Wikitravel, Wikipedia, World66 and Openstreetmap. Our mission is to make that content relevant for you. So we mix and mash and annotate – and we distill great, …
“Men’s Health Report published by the Commission on 25 August 2011, highlights the state of men’s health across Europe. Patterns emerging from data taken from 34 European countries show marked differences in health outcomes amongst men both between and within countries.”
