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Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period, Lee Rainie Director, Pew Internet Project “The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped …
Stress-testing macro stress testing: does it live up to expectations? by Claudio Borio, Mathias Drehmann and Kostas Tsatsaronis, BIS Working Papers No 369, January 2012 “We critically review the state of the art in macro stress testing, assessing its strengths and weaknesses. We argue that, given current technology, macro stress tests are ill-suited as early …
2011 Global Go To Think Tank Index, January 2012 “Given that todays world is faster paced and more dynamic than ever before, and the increasingly complex and overwhelming amount of information that is therefore available, the rise of organizations whose primary goals include the generation of research and the provision of information should, perhaps, come …
“This 22nd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. The introductory essay examines the Arab Spring, which has created an extraordinary …
Evaluating the Prospects for Increased Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States – Charles Ebinger, Kevin Massy, Govinda Avasarala – Brookings Energy Security Initiative, January 2012 “Owing to breakthroughs in drilling and production technology over the past five years, the United States finds itself facing a long period of abundant, low-cost natural gas …
Official Google Blog: “…simply go to Hotel Finder, search for a city or a point of interest and select Hotels by travel time. Keep in mind that Hotel Finder and ‘Hotels by travel time’ are experimental and filtering by transit time is only available in cities where we have partnered with local transit agencies to …
Bank Holding Company Act – Characteristics and Regulation of Exempt Institutions and the Implications of Removing the Exemptions, GAO-12-160, January 19, 2012 Traffic Congestion – Road Pricing Can Help Reduce Congestion, but Equity Concerns May Grow, GAO-12-119, January 12, 2012
Arctic oil and natural gas resources – Resource basins in the Arctic Circle region “The Arctic holds an estimated 13% (90 billion barrels) of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil resources and 30% of its undiscovered conventional natural gas resources, according to an assessment conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Consideration of these resources as …
U.S. Metro Economies – 2012 Employment Forecast and the Impact of Exports, U.S. Conference of Mayors, January 2012 The median real income for US households in 2010 was $49,455. This is 7.1% lower than median real household income in 1999, which was $53,252 (in 2010 dollars). This decline has been even steeper for those in …
Remarks of Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, prepared for roundtable discussion at the European Ideas Network Seminar on Long-term growth: organizing the stability and attractiveness of European Financial Markets, Berlin (Deutsche Bank), 19-20 January 2012. “Good morning and thank you for inviting me to share …
