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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Despite the Social Security Administration’s longstanding goal of reducing the number of pending disability cases, very recent SSA data show that these matters continue to head in the opposite direction, reaching 771,318 by the end of September. The increase — up 9.3% from what it was a year ago — marked …
Credit Ratings across Asset Classes: A ≡ A?. Jess Cornaggia, Indiana University Bloomington – Kelley School of Business, Kimberly Rodgers Cornaggia, American University – Kogod School of Business, John Hund, Rice University – Jesse H. Jones School of Management. October 30, 2011 “Contrary to assertions by the Big 3 credit raters, we demonstrate that credit …
Report of Investigation, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Inspector General. Case No. OIG-511. Allegations of Enforcement Staff Misconduct in Insider Trading Investigation, August 22, 2011 [Redacted] “On January 30, 2009, complainant Mark Cuban, through his counsel at the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Quarterly Report to Congress October 27, 2011 “This past quarter, SIGTARP brought transparency to some of the largest banks exit from TARP as they pressured Federal banking regulators to expedite their TARP exit because of concerns over executive compensation restrictions and a stigma …
via LLRX.com – The Digital Death of Copyright’s First Sale Doctrine: An important copyright case won’t be argued in the Supreme Court, which on October 3, 2011 declined to review Vernor v. Autodesk, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving the applicability of copyright’s first sale doctrine to transactions involving software and other digital …
Nothing Ventured: The Crisis in Clean Tech Investment, by Joshua Freed and Mae Stevens, November 2011 “If a sector that helps drive American economic growth loses 26% of its value$22 billionand sees a 26% decline in new companies in just three years, would it be a crisis? It should be. Unfortunately, this decline is happening …
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the November 1-2 meeting of the Committee. The table will be incorporated into a summary of economic projections released with the …
Report to Congress on U.S.-India Security Cooperation, U.S. Department of Defense, November 2011 “The relationship between the United States and India what President Obama has called one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century is a priority for the U.S. Government and for the U.S. Department of Defense. The United States and …
CDC Vital Signs, November 2011: “Deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels in the past decade. The number of overdose deaths is now greater than those of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined. A big part of the problem is nonmedical use of prescription painkillersusing drugs without a prescription, or using drugs just for …
Deepwater Horizon – Coast Guard and Interior Could Improve Their Offshore Energy Inspection Programs, GAO-12-203T, November 2, 2011 International Affairs – Options for Collecting Revenues on Liquidated Entries of Merchandise Evading Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, GAO-12-131R, November 2, 2011
Capitalisation of bank exposures to central counterparties – consultative document, November 2, 2011 “The Basel Committee issued today its second consultative paper on the Capitalisation of bank exposures to central counterparties. The Committee’s proposals relate to the capitalisation of bank exposures to a central counterparty (CCP) and cover both capital requirements for default fund exposures …
The Atlantic – World War II in Photos – Alan Taylor “World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The war officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath reverberated for decades in either direction. While feats of bravery and technological breakthroughs still inspire awe …
