News release: “The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its implementation guidelines on Article 106(2) (c) and (d) of Directive 2006/48/EC (Capital Requirements Directive) as amended by Directive 2009/111/EC. As a consequence of the deletion of the general preferential treatment for inter-bank exposures in the large exposures rules, the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) …

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National Income and Product Accounts – Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2010 (Advance Estimate) Revised Estimates: 2007 through First Quarter 2010: “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 2.4 percent in the second quarter …

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News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency marked the beginning of Cataract Awareness Month by announcing a new peer-reviewed report predicting that more than 22 million additional cataract cases will be avoided for Americans born between 1985 and 2100 due to the Montreal Protocol. The environmental treaty, signed by 196 countries, was designed to reduce …

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Monthly Energy Review — July 30, 2010: “EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics: total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions. Preliminary MER data show that U.S. biofuels consumption in the transportation sector …

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Defense Infrastructure: Army’s Privatized Lodging Program Could Benefit from More Effective Planning, GAO-10-771, July 30, 2010 Management Report: Improvements Needed in Controls over the Preparation of the U.S. Consolidated Financial Statements, GAO-10-757, July 30, 2010 Mandate on Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, Alternative Credit Pilot Program, GAO-10-876R, July 30, 2010 Medicare Payments to Federally …

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Aviation Safety: Improved Planning Could Help FAA Address Challenges Related to Winter Weather Operations, GAO-10-678, July 29, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Develop Performance Criteria to Gauge Impact of Reform Act Changes and Address Workforce Issues, GAO-10-774, July 29, 2010 Foreign Language Capabilities: Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and State Could Better Assess Their …

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Earth has been growing warmer for more than fifty years, July 28, 2010 “The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups …

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Full Report – Beige Book, July 28, 2010 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, and link to reports by Districts: “Economic activity has continued to increase, on balance, since the previous survey, although the Cleveland and Kansas City Districts reported that the level of economic activity generally held steady. …

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