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“Four types of family cultures the Faithful, the Engaged Progressives, the Detached and the American Dreamers are molding the next generation of Americans, a three-year study by the University of Virginias Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture finds. The project findings are being released Thursday at a national conference in Washington, D.C. Each …
News release: “Sales of existing homes increased in October, even with some regional impact from Hurricane Sandy, while home prices continued to rise due to lower levels of inventory supply, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 2.1 percent …
Via LLRX.com – Hurricane Sandy and the national digital library issue: Could we have stopped or slowed down global warming? – David H. Rothman’s commentary maintains it is imperative that civic matters, including those that resulted in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, not become lost opportunities to find and share information, and to make best …
Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women “Our 2012-13 study found that women are increasingly the primary breadwinners of many households. They are more likely to be single than a generation ago, either as a result of being widowed or the decision to remain single, marry later or divorce. This is increasingly the case for women …
News release, by Lydia Saad: “U.S. workers are the least satisfied with their on-the-job stress and money they make, out of 13 aspects of work conditions rated in Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll. Fewer than a third say they are completely satisfied with each. They are most satisfied with the physical safety conditions of …
“For the past 12 years, Milliman has conducted an annual study of the 100 largest defined benefit pension plans sponsored by U.S. public companies. The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index projects the funded status for pension plans included in our study, reflecting the impact of market returns and interest rate changes on pension funded status, …
Via LLRX – Litigation, trial and pre-trail iPad apps for lawyers: One of the most popular and rapidly growing categories of apps for lawyers are those developed for litigation, during trials and during the pretrial discovery phase. In this article, attorney, legal blogger and legal tech expert Nicole Black recommends more than a dozen affordable, …
conceptClassifier for SharePoint 2010 White Paper – The Optimal Solution for Leveraging SharePoint to Manage Unstructured Content, Prepared by: Concept Searching “The purpose of this white paper is to provide a broad overview of conceptClassifier for SharePoint and the key functionality available in the product that is still unique in the industry, and to explain …
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 …
“All WSJ.com content is free to read and share until 5 p.m. ET Wednesday.” In addition, the New York Times is also fully accessible to readers. Additional free sites to track election, via Online 2012 Election Results and Trackers.
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World – A survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers finds that teens research habits are changing in the digital age, November 2, 2012 “Three-quarters of AP and NWP teachers say that the internet and digital search tools have had a mostly positive impact on their …
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World – by Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Amanda Jacklin, Clara Chen, Kathryn Zickuhr, Nov 1, 2012. The teachers who instruct the most advanced American secondary school students render mixed verdicts about students research habits and the impact of technology on their studies. …
