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Pew Research Center: Childlessness Up Among All Women; Down Among Women with Advanced Degrees

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Childlessness Up Among All Women; Down Among Women with Advanced Degrees, by Gretchen Livingston and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center, June 25, 2010

  • “Nearly one-in-five American women ends her childbearing years without having borne a child, compared with one-in-ten in the 1970s. While childlessness has risen for all racial and ethnic groups, and most education levels, it has fallen over the past decade for women with advanced degrees. The most educated women still are among the most likely never to have had a child. But in a notable exception to the overall rising trend, in 2008, 24% of women ages 40-44 with a master’s, doctoral or professional degree had not had children, a decline from 31% in 1994. By race and ethnic group, white women are most likely not to have borne a child. But over the past decade, childless rates have risen more rapidly for black, Hispanic and Asian women, so the racial gap has narrowed. By marital status, women who have never married are most likely to be childless, but their rates have declined over the past decade, while the rate of childlessness has risen for the so-called ever-married — those who are married or were at one time. Among all women ages 40-44, the proportion that has never given birth, 18% in 2008, has grown by 80% since 1976, when it was 10%. There were 1.9 million childless women ages 40-44 in 2008, compared with nearly 580,000 in 1976.”

    • FTC Takes Action Against Twitter, Social Network Service Settles Charges It Deceived Consumers

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    Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Personal Information; Company Will Establish Independently Audited Information Security Program: “Social networking service Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information, marking the agency’s first such case against… Continue Reading

    Monthly Report on Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

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    Federal Reserve System Monthly Report on Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet, June 2010 “The Federal Reserve prepares this monthly report as part of its efforts to enhance transparency about the range of programs and tools that have been implemented in response to the financial crisis and to ensure appropriate accountability to the… Continue Reading

    The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010

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    The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 – This webpage links to facts sheets, summaries, comparisons and other relevant documents on this controversial legislation. Myth v. Reality The Facts About S. 3480, “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010” United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senator… Continue Reading

    CBO: Average Federal Tax Rates in 2007

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    Average Federal Taxes by Income Group, June 2010: “This page contains CBO’s estimates of average federal tax rates (tax rates as a percentage of income) paid by households in various income categories for the four largest sources of federal revenues – individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes –… Continue Reading

    Privacy International: UK Police begin investigation into Google Wi-Fi grab

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    Follow up to Several State Attorneys General Announce Probes of Google Wireless Data Collection, via Privacy International, “Crime reference number 2318672/10 was today issued by London’s Metropolitan Police, marking the commencement of investigations into Google for alleged criminal interception of Wireless communications content. Privacy International, which brought the complaint, has been briefed by police on… Continue Reading

    FinCEN Releases 14th SAR Activity Review-By the Numbers Total Filings Fall but Fraud and Terrorist Financing Reports Grow

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    News release: “The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released its 14th edition of the SAR Activity Review – By the Numbers, which covers suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed in 2009. The report shows that the total number of all SARs filed by financial institutions declined from 1.29 million in 2008 to 1.28 million in… Continue Reading

    FCC Wireless World Fact Sheet and Online Resources

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    News release: “The Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Task Force designated the week of June 21 as Wireless World Travel Week to coincide with the beginning of summer and a busy travel season. Americans make over 60 million international trips each year, and many take their mobile phones with them. Throughout the week, the FCC and… Continue Reading