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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today filed an administrative complaint charging that Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot, Inc. would violate the antitrust laws by significantly reducing competition nationwide in the market for “consumable” office supplies sold to large business customers for their own use. Framingham, Mass.-based Staples – the world’s …
How CBO Estimates the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Labor Market: Working Paper 2015-09. By Edward Harris (CBO) and Shannon Mok (CBO). December 7, 2015. “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make the labor supply, measured as the total compensation paid to workers, 0.86 percent smaller in 2025 than it would have …
The Board Identified Areas of Improvement for Its Supervisory Stress Testing Model Validation Activities, and Opportunities Exist for Further Enhancement. Board Report: 2015-SR-B-018 October 29, 2015 “The Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to assess the extent to which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s (Board) model risk management practices in …
“The Global Carbon Atlas is a platform to explore and visualize the most up-to-date data on carbon fluxes resulting from human activities and natural processes. Human impacts on the carbon cycle are the most important cause of climate change. The graphics and data sources are made available in the belief that their wide dissemination will …
Lessons Learned from the 2015 Civil Unrest in Baltimore. September 2015 Police Executive Research Forum. “The Baltimore Police Department contracted with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to conduct this study and produce this report. PERF is a Washington, DC-based research organization that specializes in identifying best practices and policies in the field of policing. …
Hearing: Improving Customer Service for the Copyright Community: Ensuring the Copyright Office and the Library of Congress are able to meet the demands of the digital age. Committee on House Administration. Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Witnesses Mr. David S. Mao Acting Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress Added 12/01/2015 at 03:15 PM Ms. Maria A. …
“About the Health and Retirement Study – The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration, the HRS explores …
The BIS Quarterly Review for December 2015: Uneasy calm awaiting lift-off – full text 147 pages Content: International banking and financial market development Special features Quarterly Review boxes BIS Statistics: Charts Data behind all graphs
Open Access – Towers S, Gomez-Lievano A, Khan M, Mubayi A, Castillo-Chavez C (2015) Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings. PLoS ONE 10 (7): e0117259. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117259 “Background – Several past studies have found that media reports of suicides and homicides appear to subsequently increase the incidence of similar events in the community, apparently due …
“Welcome to the Dog Aging Project website. Our goal is to increase the healthy lifespan of pet dogs by targeting the aging process directly. For millions of people, pets are part of our family. Unfortunately, companion animals such as dogs and cats age rapidly and have life expectancies that are far too short. Scientists at …
Via LLRX – Information Quality Resources and Expert Resources – Marcus Zillman’s guide is a comprehensive and selective bibliography including search engines, world wide web resources, services and sites currently offering free, value added content on the web. As more and more of the global population is accessing the web, making informed choices about what …
Ordonez N, Seidl MF, Waalwijk C, Drenth A, Kilian A, Thomma BPHJ, et al. (2015) Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease—When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet. PLoS Pathog 11(11): e1005197. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197 “The banana is the most popular fruit in the world and ranks among the top ten food commodities for Southeast Asia, Africa, …
