Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana: Gulf Oil Spill; Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (Hornbeck v. Salazar CA 10-1663), June 22, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill; Drilling Moratorium Decision (Hornbeck v. Salazar CA 10-1663), June 22, 2010 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Census Bureau Releases 2009 City Population Estimates
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released July 1, 2009, population estimates for each of the nation’s incorporated places, including cities, boroughs and villages and minor civil divisions, such as towns and townships. The new estimates are not 2010 Census population counts. They are, however, the last estimates to use 2000 Census results as… Continue Reading
Barney Frank Announces House Offer on Prudential Regulation
News release: “House Financial Services Chairman Frank, on behalf of the House conferees, released the House offer on the titles listed below. The issues will be subject to debate when the House-Senate Conference Committee convenes in room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Title VI of base text: Improvements to Regulation of… Continue Reading
14th Annual World Wealth Report 2010
World Wealth Report 2010 “The worlds population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) grew 17.1% to 10.0 million in 2009, returning to levels last seen in 2007 despite the contraction in world gross domestic product (GDP). Global HNWI wealth similarly recovered, rising 18.9% to US$39.0 trillion, with HNWI wealth in Asia-Pacific and Latin America actually… Continue Reading
White House Releases 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement
2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement (June 2010): “Enforcement of intellectual property rights is a critical and efficient tool we can use, as a government, to strengthen the economy, support jobs and promote exports. Intellectual property supports jobs across all industries, and in particular where there is a high degree of creativity, research… Continue Reading
The Wall Street Reform Bill: June 22, 2010 Conference Update
News release: “Today House and Senate conferees again met on the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. The bill creates a new consumer financial protection watchdog, ends too big to fail bailouts, sets up an early warning system to predict and prevent the next crisis, and brings transparency and accountability to exotic instruments such… Continue Reading
In re: Deepwater Horizon Cases Allotted to Section J – Judge Barbier
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill – United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana: “Over 30 cases relating to the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill have been assigned to Judge Carl Barbier, Section J. The Deepwater Horizon incident has led to claims for the death of 11 individuals, numerous… Continue Reading
Economic Concensus: Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association
News release: “The economy is on a moderate but solid recovery path and sustainable private sector job growth has returned this year, according to [a concensus] the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association…The committee unanimously noted that a double-dip recession in the U.S. is very unlikely. More than 500,000 private industry jobs were… Continue Reading
BLS: Employment in the Oil and Gas Well Drilling Industry
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new report: Employment in the Oil and Gas Well Drilling Industry, June 18, 2010 “Employment in the oil and gas well drilling industry accounted for 63,012 jobs in September 2009, which is the most recent period available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Nuclear Weapons, Transportation Security
Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Identify Total Costs of Weapons Complex Infrastructure and Research and Production Capabilities, GAO-10-582, June 21, 2010 Transportation Security: Additional Actions Could Strengthen the Security of Intermodal Transportation Facilities, GAO-10-435R, May 27, 2010 Continue Reading
Markey: Internal BP Document Shows Worst Case Scenario for Spill Could Be 100,000 Barrels Per Day
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this press release: “Today Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released an internal BP document showing that the company’s own analysis believed that a worst-case scenario, based on damage to the well bore, could result in 100,000 barrels of oil per day. In the document, BP stated:… Continue Reading
CBO: Average Federal Tax Rates in 2007
Average Federal Tax Rates in 2007: “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 revenue – individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes – as well… Continue Reading
