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Bansal, Naresh, McKeon, Ryan and Svetina, Marko, Short-Sale Constraints and Securities Lending by Exchange-Traded Funds (2012). Managerial Finance, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN “A stock’s inclusion in an ETF has the potential to reduce its short sale constraints by decreasing search costs and lowering recall risk. This paper examines how the introduction of ETFs impacts short …
“Browsers can be regarded as a kind of autonomous zone inside the operating systems of modern computers. A browser is a window to the online world, installed on each and every computer, powered with the ability to install and run additional apps on its territory. Of course, it grants access to a plethora of web-based …
Privacy Compliance Review of the NOC Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative, November 8, 2012 “The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS), National Operations Center (NOC), has statutory responsibility to (1) provide situational awareness and establish a common operating picture for the federal government, and for state, local, and tribal governments …
Mary Agnes Carey and Jenny Gold: “Now that President Barack Obama has won a second term, the Affordable Care Act is back on a fast track. Some analysts argue that there could be modifications to reduce federal spending as part of a broader deficit deal; for now, this is just speculation. What is clear is …
A range of presentations from the conference, Transformational Power of Internet Librarians: Promise & Prospect have been posted by InfoToday. A sample of the program links follow: Über Analytics – Customizing Google Analytics to track multiple library platforms, M Ryan Hess, Web Services Coordinator, DePaul University Super Searcher Secrets, Mary Ellen Bates Competitive & Business …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on November 9, 2012 launched the 2013 capital planning and stress testing program, issuing instructions to firms with timelines for submissions and general guidelines. The program includes the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) of 19 firms as well as the Capital Plan Review (CapPR) of an additional 11 …
This official government site provides many links to services, support, news, and government documents related to the impact and services now available as a result of the storm. It includes links for volunteer efforts, support for parents and families, pet rescue, information on mass transit, gasoline sources and supplies.
Choices for Deficit Reduction: “This report reviews the magnitude and causes of the federal governments budgetary imbalance, various options for bringing spending and taxes into closer alignment, and criteria that lawmakers and the public might use to evaluate different approaches to deficit reduction.”
Financial Audit – IRS’s Fiscal Years 2012 and 2011 Financial Statements, GAO-13-120, Nov 9, 2012 Financial Audit – Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2012 and 2011 Financial Statements, GAO-13-126R, Nov 9, 2012
“An analysis of case-by-case records covering more than 400,000 defendants has found surprising variations in the criminal caseloads of individual federal judges for the nation as a whole and in some instances among the judges serving in the same courthouse. The extent of these differences, disclosed in a study by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access …
News release: “A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released responses to letters sent to nine major data brokerage companies querying each about how it collects, assembles and sells consumer information to third parties. The companies Acxiom, Epsilon …
Marc Parry: “Colleges share many things on Twitter, but one topic can be risky to broach: the reading habits of library patrons. Harvard librarians learned that lesson when they set up Twitter feeds broadcasting titles of books being checked out from campus libraries. It seemed harmless enougha typical tweet read, “Reconstructing American Law by Bruce …
