Google News Blog: “Last Thursday we launched a new format for story pages on Google News. These are the pages you see when you click the “all [#] news articles” link of each cluster of articles which cover the same news event–or “story,” as we say on the Google News team. The story page includes… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
EIA: International Petroleum Monthly, Petroleum Supply Surveys, World LNG Imports by Origin
Coal News and Markets : “he Weekly Coal Production (WCP) Report provides estimates for U.S. coal production by State based on railroad car loading data.” International Petroleum Monthly – April 2009 (05/11/2009) – “This report contains world petroleum production data through February 2009; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through January 2009.… Continue Reading
Three Banks Announce Plans Stock Offerings to Repay TARP Funds
New York Times DealBook: “Three United States banks, apparently emboldened by the clean bills of health they received under the federal stress tests, announced plans Monday to pay down the governments investments under the TARP program by selling billions of dollars in new stock. The announcements came from Capital One Financial, US Bancorp and BB&T… Continue Reading
2009 Credit Card Survey of Small Business
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… Continue Reading
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
