Update to September 7, 2008 posting, Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers, additional documents available today: Freddie Mac Warrant to Purchase Common Stock Freddie Mac Certificate Freddie Mac Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement Fannie Mae Warrant to Purchase Common Stock Fannie Mae Certificate Fannie Mae Senior Preferred Stock… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Google Announces Plans to Digitize Millions of Pages of News Archives
Official Google Blog: “Today, we’re launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives…Not only will you be able to search these newspapers, you’ll also be able to browse through them exactly as they were printed — photographs, headlines,… Continue Reading
TRAC Report: Bush Administration Plan to Improve Immigration Courts Lags
“The Justice Department and its Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) have failed to complete significant parts of their 22-point plan to improve the performance of the nation’s Immigration Courts, according to a detailed analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). While major shortcomings were identified, the study also found areas where the proposed… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve G.19 Statistical Release – Consumer Credit
G.19 Statistical Release, September 8, 2008 – Consumer Credit: “Consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 2 percent in July. Revolving credit rose at an annual rate of 4-3/4 percent, and nonrevolving credit rose at an annual rate of 1/2 percent.” Continue Reading
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at Brookings on the Nations Critical Infrastructure
News release: “…today’s topic is going to cover a different kind of vulnerability, not the vulnerability to identity but the vulnerability to the physical world in which we operate. That is our critical infrastructure. And I want in particular to talk about how these vulnerabilities look to me as we enter the 21st century, and… Continue Reading
Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers
“The Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, with support from the Federal Reserve, announced actions today regarding the housing government sponsored enterprises to protect the financial system, to support the housing market, and to protect the taxpayers.” Paulson Remarks on Housing GSE Actions FHFA Director Lockhart Remarks on Housing GSE Actions Fact Sheet:… Continue Reading
Fortune: A Google Retrospective on 10th Anniversary
Fortune – Google turns 10: A look back – “As the search giant celebrates its birthday, we highlight some of its biggest moments.” Google starts showing its age: “The Internet search giant was unstoppable in its first decade. The next 10 years may not be so easy.” Continue Reading
Asia-Pacific region leads high-speed Internet connectivity, but wide divide prevails
News release: “The (ITN) International Telecommunication Union launched its key Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report for the Asia-Pacific region at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008…The Report (for purchase) focuses on broadband connectivity as a vehicle for content to drive development and build a knowledge-based information society. While some Asia-Pacific economies are world leaders in information and communication technologies… Continue Reading
China Submits Report on Military Spending to UN
Times of India: “Jane’s Information Group came up with a report on Wednesday saying China is the fourth biggest military spender while India is in the 10th position in this context. Jane’s Industry Quarterly said China spent $58 billion in 2008 while India’s spending was nearly half of it. The top three spenders are the… Continue Reading
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2, September 2008. “This U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product provides a different emphasis. We first examine the effect of long-lived greenhouse gases on the global climate… Continue Reading
Increasing Vulnerability to Hurricanes: Global Warmings Wake-Up Call for the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
World Wildlife Fund – Increasing Vulnerability to Hurricanes: Global Warmings Wake-Up Call for the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts “The destructive potential of tropical storms in the North Atlantic has increased by about 50 percent since the 1970s. This increase, which primarily reflects longer storm lifetimes and greater storm intensities, is correlated with an increase… Continue Reading
NSF-funded University of Florida Study: Thawing Permafrost Holds Vast Carbon Pool More
University of Florida News: “Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending on how quickly it thaws. So concludes a group of nearly two dozen scientists in a paper appearing this week in the journal Bioscience.… Continue Reading
