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House Is Gone but Debt Lives On: “Forty-one states and the District of Columbia permit lenders to sue borrowers for mortgage debt still left after a foreclosure sale. The economics of today’s battered housing market mean that lenders are doing so more and more. Foreclosed homes seldom fetch enough to cover the outstanding loan amount, …
“Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is pleased to bring you the 2011-2012 edition of our Guide To The Loan Market – September 2011, which provides a detailed primer on the syndicated loan market along with articles that describe the bank loan and recovery rating process as well as our analytical approach to evaluating loss and …
2011 Investment Company Fact Book, 51st Edition. A Review of Trends and Activity in the Investment Company Industry. “U.S.-registered investment companies play a significant role in the U.S. economy and world financial markets. These funds managed over $13 trillion in assets at the end of 2010 for over 91 million U.S. investors. Funds supplied investment …
Bankrates 2011 Checking Account Survey: “Free checking is on the way out in 2011, while the banking industry ushered in increases in checking account fees, ATM charges and penalties for account overdrafts. This is the banking landscape revealed by Bankrate’s 2011 Checking Account Survey. Just 45 percent of noninterest checking accounts are now free, down …
Coast Guard Has Taken Steps To Strengthen Information Technology Management, but Challenges Remain, OIG-11-108, September 2011. “…the Coast Guard could improve information technology management in a number of areas. Specifically, Coast Guard systems and infrastructure do not fully meet mission needs. For example, Coast Guard field personnel do not have sufficient network availability, and the …
“The Israel Museum welcomes you to the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to examine and explore these most ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. Developed in partnership with Google, the new website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well …
How people learn about their local community: “Contrary to much of the conventional understanding of how people learn about their communities, Americans turn to a wide range of platforms to get local news and information, and where they turn varies considerably depending on the subject matter and their age, according to a survey by the …
Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment, by Martha O’Hara Conway, University of Michigan, and Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Research “This report identifies projects and methodologies to make it easier for institutions of all types to undertake collections assessment and to encourage a community of practice. An accurate census of archival collections enables an institution …
“Harvard Health Publications, in conjunction with nutrition experts at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), has unveiled the Healthy Eating Plate, a visual guide that provides a blueprint for eating a healthy meal. Like the U.S. governments MyPlate, the Healthy Eating Plate is simple and easy to understand and it addresses important deficiencies …
Food Hardship in America 2010 Households with and without Children, August 2011
“The Economic Mobility Project’s report, Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream, examines potential factors that cause some Americans who grow up in the middle class to fall down the economic ladder as adults. Authored by Gregory Acs during his tenure at the Urban Institute, the report finds that a …
Gallup Poll: “The percentage of Greeks who rate their lives so poorly that they are considered “suffering” has more than tripled to 24% in 2011, from 7% in 2007. Greeks are more likely to be suffering than “thriving,” a reality uncommon in the developed world…Greeks’ current life evaluation — with 14% thriving, 62% struggling, and …
