News release: “The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released data showing that reliance on credit cards is growing among small businesses. Unfortunately, so, too, is the number of small-business respondents who reported worsening credit-card terms. The NSBA 2009 Small Business Credit Card Survey provides a detailed view of how small businesses are utilizing their credit cards, how their credit-card companies are treating them, and the impacts of deteriorating credit-card terms on their business.”
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Daily Archives: May 10, 2009
President Obama at the White House Correspondent's Dinner
YouTube: President Obama at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, May 10, 2009 Continue Reading
New Real Time Search Engine Aggregates Web 2.0 Content
“Scoopler is a real-time search engine. We aggregate and organize content being shared on the internet as it happens, like eye-witness reports of breaking news, photos and videos from big events, and links to the hottest memes of the day. We do this by constantly indexing live updates from services including Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Delicious… Continue Reading
Mainstream Media Under Increasing Pressure
Follow up to April 26, 2009 posting – WSJ Interactive Map – Adverse events at top 100 newspapers, 2006-2009, this New York Times op-ed by Frank Rich – The American Press on Suicide Watch: “Newspaper circulations and revenues are in free fall. Legendary brands from The Los Angeles Times to The Philadelphia Inquirer are teetering.… Continue Reading
GovFresh – Government 2.0 – Offers Live RSS Updates
“GovFresh is a live feed of official news from U.S. Government Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr accounts and more, all in one place.” See also White House Website Adds Links to FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace Continue Reading
A Borrower's Guide to an FDIC Insured Bank Failure
A Borrower’s Guide to an FDIC Insured Bank Failure, May 5, 2009 – “Information for the borrowers whose loans are acquired in the bank failure process.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
EPA OIG: EPA Does Not Provide Oversight of Radon Testing Accuracy and Reliability
09-P-0151 EPA Does Not Provide Oversight of Radon Testing Accuracy and Reliability, May 4, 2009 “EPA does not perform oversight of radon testing device accuracy or reliability. The 1988 Indoor Radon Abatement Act required that EPA establish proficiency programs for firms offering radon-related services, including testing and mitigation. EPA established and operated proficiency programs until… Continue Reading
New Study Ranks Homeownership and Rental Housing Affordability for More Than 60 Occupations in Over 200 U.S. Metro Areas
News release: “Despite declining home prices, many of the jobs created through the federal stimulus package do not pay enough to afford a home, according to Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America. This new study compares housing costs in more than 200 U.S. metropolitan areas with the wages earned by… Continue Reading
New CBO Reports: Monthly Budget Review, Financing Federal Aviation Programs, Cap-and-Trade Program
Monthly Budget Review, May 2009 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for March and the Daily Treasury Statements for April: “The federal government incurred a deficit of close to $800 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2009, CBO estimates$646 billion more than the deficit recorded through April 2008. That estimate includes… Continue Reading
Commentary: Consequences of Raising the Retirement Age
Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper – Working the Graveyard Shift, Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer, by Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr: “The life expectancy of older Americans has increased by three and a half years over the past half century. In 2005, Americans who survived to age 65 could… Continue Reading
