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News release: “Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his office has issued cease-and-desist letters to nearly 40 auto dealers across New York state whose advertisements for the new federal Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS or Cash for Clunkers) were misleading and deceptive. The Attorney Generals Office took the action after reviewing a number …
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, The Council the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Europes Digital Competitiveness Report – Main achievements of the i2010 strategy 2005-2009 “Europe remains a global force in advanced information and communication technologies (ICT). The World Wide Web, the mobile GSM standard, …
What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? July 2009, EBRI Issue Brief #332-SR, Paperback, Employee Benefit Research Institute, 2009 Executive Summary – EBRI/ICI 401(K) DATABASE: “The annual EBRI/ICI 401(k) database update report is based on large cross-sections of 401(k) plan participants. Whereas the cross-sections cover participants with a wide range of participation experience in …
Financial Stability Paper No. 5 July 2009 – The UK Special Resolution Regime for failing banks in an international context, Peter Brierley, 28 July 2009 “This paper seeks to place in an international context the UK Special Resolution Regime (SRR) for failing banks, which came into effect in February 2009 with the adoption of …
How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County? by Michael Grabell, Jennifer LaFleur, Dan Nguyen, and Jeff Larson: “Want to know whats going on with the stimulus in your area? ProPublica has compiled nearly all the contracts, grants and loans that the government has reported awarding so far in the stimulus program. Type in …
News release: “A report on long-term glacier measurements released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar shows that glaciers are dramatically changing in mass, length and thickness as a result of climate change. Over the past 50 years, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have monitored the melting of Alaskas Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers and …
New York Times: Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security – “The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.” Related postings on …
DMC-PR-05-07-02 dated 5 August 2009, Version 1.0, Online Engagement Guidelines “Summary – 1. Service and MOD civilian personnel are encouraged to talk about what they do, but within certain limits to protect security, reputation and privacy. An increasingly important channel for this engagement, and to keep in touch with family and friends is social media …
News release: “Filling a major gap in the availability of residential property data, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business announced a new online database detailing land and property values in the United States. Located in the Resources and Tools section of www.lincolninst.edu, …
Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2008: “Personal income growth slowed in 2008 in most of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income growth slowed in 322 MSAs, increased in 42, and remained unchanged in 2 MSAs. On average, MSA personal income grew …
Government Gazettes Online: “Government Gazettes, which are published by federal governments worldwide, are the means through which the government can communicate to officials and the general public. Although most countries publish a gazette, their regularity and content varies widely, which is noted in the description of each gazette. Gazettes are useful not only to monitor …
News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in July (-247,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The average monthly job loss for May through July (-331,000) was about half the average decline for November through April (-645,000). In July, job losses continued …
