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National Income and Product Accounts; Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2010 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 2nd quarter 2010 (preliminary estimate): “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the second quarter of …
Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summer 2010: “From April to July 2010, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old rose by 1.8 million to 18.6 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This year, the share of young people who were employed in July was 48.9 percent, the lowest July …
Twin Births Remain Stable, New Report Shows. Rate unchanged since 2004 after 70 percent rise from 1980-2004, August 2010 “Objectives-This report presents 2007 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics; preliminary 2008 data are also referenced on key measures where available. Final 2007 data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including …
Telecommunications: Enhanced Data Collection Could Help FCC Better Monitor Competition in the Wireless Industry, GAO-10-779, July 27, 2010 “Americans increasingly rely on wireless phones, with nearly 40 percent of households now using them primarily or solely. Under federal law, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for fostering a competitive wireless marketplace while ensuring that …
Displaced Workers Summary – “From January 2007 through December 2009, 6.9 million workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was nearly twice as many as were displaced for the survey period covering January 2005 to December 2007. In January 2010, …
International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2008 – “The trade-weighted average of hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for all employees in manufacturing among 32 foreign economies was 85 percent of the U.S. level in 2008, increasing from 82 percent in 2007, according to data issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. …
News release: “U.S. EPAs Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will today announce details of the Agencys proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships to the marine waters along Californias entire coastline. This will establish the largest coastal No Discharge Zone in the United States and …
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released two documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements…Section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010, set new federal requirements for nutrition labeling for foods sold at certain chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments. …
U.S. Energy Information Administration – Renewable Energy Trends in Consumption and Electricity 2008 Aug 25, 2010: “The report shows that U.S. renewable energy consumption grew 10 percent to 7.367 quadrillion Btu between 2007 and 2008 and now holds well over 7 percent of the U.S. energy market.”
Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain, August 2010 Report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee “On August 26, 2010, Americans will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote and led to their increased participation in our political …
News release: “U.S. house prices rose in the second quarter of 2010 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agencys (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae – and Freddie Mac – acquired mortgages, was 0.9 percent higher on a seasonally adjusted basis in …
News release includes Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate directors to a company’s board. The new rules require companies to include the nominees of significant, long-term shareholders in their proxy materials, alongside the nominees of management. …
