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Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 3rd Quarter 2007: “The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $34.7 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent (±0.8%) from …
CAFE and the U.S. Auto Industry – A Growing Auto Investor Issue, 2012-2020 October 2007 (36 pages, PDF): “In partnership with Ceres and the Investor Network on Climate Risk, [citi] along with industry experts at the Planning Edge, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and NRDC evaluated potential changes to the U.S. Corporate Average Fuel …
101 Best Web Freebies – BusinessWeek.com scoured the Internet for the most useful free products and services available online that you probably don’t know about, by Douglas MacMillan. This 45 screen slideshow includes graphics and links to recommended products by category – tech tools, personal finance, career, entertainment, print media, research, health, online learning, PC …
2007 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission, November 2007 (364 pages, PDF) “The year-long study offers 42 recommendations for congressional action. The book-length report cites Chinese progress in certain areas but describes many alarming trends, including a retreat by China from market-based economic principles, the growth of Chinas information control regime, …
New York Times: Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to Iraq in the past year to serve as suicide bombers or to facilitate other attacks, according to senior American military officials. The …
National Vital Statistics – Deaths: Leading Causes for 2004 (96 pages, PDF): “This report presents final 2004 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented. This report supplements the annual report of final …
“The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released its 2007 Coal Power Plant Database, a new, updated version which contains the most current and comprehensive collection of coal-fired power plant data in the United States. The database consolidates large quantities of information on the nation’s existing coal-fired power plants in a …
National Security Archive: “The first comprehensive U.S. nuclear war plan, produced in 1960, was controversial within the U.S. government because top commanders and White House scientists objected to its massive destructivenessthe high level of damage and population casualtiesaccording to newly declassified histories published today by the National Security Archive. The war plan also appalled Secretary …
Documents Center, University Library, University of Michigan, Guide to Elections 2008. Choose this web guide as your basis for any aspect of election related research. It is comprehensive, current, and presents a wide spectrum of state and federal resources, as well as annotated links to free and fee-based publications, subscription services, and online guides maintainted …
“The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. Established in the aftermath of the 1973-74 oil embargo, the SPR provides the President with a powerful response option should a disruption in commercial oil supplies threaten the U.S. economy. It also allows the United States to meet …
National Endowment for the Arts Report: To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence: “This report is a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers, and adults in the United States. To Read or Not To Read assembled data on reading trends from more than 40 sources, including federal …
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released “Law Enforcement Intelligence: A Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies CD-ROM.” This guide is an electronic version of the 2004 print publication. The guide is targeted to managers, supervisors, and officers tasked with developing or reinvigorating their …