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Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, July 2012 “Women have been affected by HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic, an impact that has grown over time. Women of color, particularly Black women, have been especially hard hit and represent the majority of new HIV infections and AIDS diagnoses among women, and the majority …
The Reuters Institute Digital Report 2012, edited by Nic Newman “reveals new insights about digital news consumption across Europe and the United States. Based on a representative survey of online news consumers across five countries UK, US, Germany, France and Denmark the report is the start of an ambitious project to track changing …
“The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to require the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to establish a market-wide consolidated audit trail that will significantly enhance regulators ability to monitor and analyze trading activity. The new rule adopted by the Commission requires the exchanges and FINRA to jointly submit a …
The top ten similarities between playing hockey and building a better Internet, Martin Arlitt, HP Laboratories, HPL-2012-1 “Time tends to pass more quickly than we would like. Sometimes it is helpful to reflect on what you have accomplished, and to derive what you have learned from the experiences. These “lessons learned” may then be leveraged …
Open Access Scientific Publishing and the Developing World, Jorge L. Contreras, American University – Washington College of Law, May 24, 2012 via SSRN “Responding to rapid and steep increases in the cost of scientific journals, a growing number of scholars and librarians have advocated open access (OA) to the scientific literature. OA publishing models are …
News release: “Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in June for the 30th consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®…The NMI registered 52.1 percent in June, 1.6 percentage points lower than the 53.7 percent registered in May. This indicates continued growth this month at …
“For the first time in any U.S. trade agreement, the United States is proposing a new provision, consistent with the internationally-recognized 3-step test,” that will obligate Parties to seek to achieve an appropriate balance in their copyright systems in providing copyright exceptions and limitations for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and …
Ye, Mao, Yao, Chen and Gai, Jiading, The Externality of High Frequency Trading (May 25, 2012). Available at SSRN. “Exogenous technology shocks that increase the speed of trading from microseconds to nanoseconds dramatically increase order cancellation/execution ratio from 26:1 to 32:1 but do not have real impact on liquidity, price efficiency and trading volume. We …
The Economist: “Around one heart attack in 50 in rich European countries is caused by chronic exposure to loud traffic, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The ill-effects of noise pollution in such countries are second only to those from dirty air, says the WHO. Long-term exposure can cause hormonal imbalances as well as …
“Today we publish our Open Data command paper, which sets out how were putting data and transparency at the heart of government and public services. Were making it easier to access public data; easier for data publishers to release data in standardised, open formats; and engraining a presumption to publish unless specific reasons (such as …
News Corp Split, Buffetts Bet Top Year of Big Media Ownership Changes: “According to the investment banking firm of Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, which monitors newspaper transactions, a total of 71 daily newspapers were sold as part of 11 different transactions during 2011, the busiest year for sales since 2007. And newspapers were not …
Manufacturing resource productivity. Stephan Mohr, Ken Somers, Steven Swartz, and Helga Vanthournout – June 2012 “Rapid growth in emerging markets is causing a dramatic increase in demand for resources, and supplies of many raw materials have become more difficult to secure. Commodity prices are likely to continue to rise and will remain volatile. Manufacturers are …
