“Mint, the personal finance site, put together this chart of regional poverty in America based on statistics recently released by the Census Bureau. In 2009, poverty among Americans reached its highest level in 51 years. The states hardest hit include Louisiana, Mississippi and District of Columbia. States with the lowest poverty statistics include, Wyoming, Hawaii, New Jersey and Minnesota. Roll over each state to see its poverty rate.”
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Daily Archives: October 18, 2010
Federal Reserve announces interim final rule on real estate appraisal
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced an interim final rule to ensure that real estate appraisers are free to use their independent professional judgment in assigning home values without influence or pressure from those with interests in the transactions. The rule also seeks to ensure that appraisers receive customary and reasonable payments… Continue Reading
Academic Survey: Why Companies Keep Pay a Secret
SmartMoney: “A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University suggests that if all of our salaries were made known tomorrow, half of us would be made miserable and the other half would be made no happier…The University of California finding suggests employers have more to lose than to… Continue Reading
Global Wealth Report Is Released by Credit Suisse
News release: “The Credit Suisse Research Institute published its first Global Wealth Report on October 8, 2010. Examining the wealth pyramid from rich to poor, and across countries and regions, it offers a host of new insights and perspectives. The report analyzes the worlds entire 200 trillion US dollars of wealth, through the lens of… Continue Reading
DOD: Military Must Reduce Its Use of Fossil Fuels
News release: “The Defense Departments current reliance on expensive, difficultto-transport and finite fossil fuels affects cost-reduction efforts as well as war-fighting operations, a senior Pentagon official said. Certainly, for current operations and for the future, one of the things we’re really focused on is reducing demand, [which is] reducing our consumption, because no matter what… Continue Reading
Range of Methodologies for Risk and Performance Alignment of Remuneration – consultative paper
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: “Ensuring that remuneration is effectively aligned with risk and performance is an essential element for reducing incentives that may arise from the design of remuneration schemes and that can lead to excessive risk taking. In practice, the idea that an employee’s compensation should take account of the risks that employees… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Statistical Release: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, G.17, released October 18, 2010: “Industrial production decreased 0.2 percent in September after having increased 0.2 percent in August. The indexes both for manufacturing and for manufacturing excluding motor vehicles and parts also moved down 0.2 percent in September. Production at mines moved up 0.7 percent, while the output of… Continue Reading
National Protect Your Identity Week – Learn How to Deter, Detect and Defend Against ID Theft
News release: “This is National Protect Your Identity Week, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nations consumer protection agency, has information to help consumers, businesses, and law enforcement officials safeguard personal information and take action if an identity thief strikes. www.ftc.gov/idtheft is a one-stop national resource to learn about the crime of identity theft. Consumers… Continue Reading
BJS: Criminal Victimization, 2009
Criminal Victimization, 2009 – Michael Rand, Jennifer Truman, October 13, 2010 – NCJ 231327 “Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property crime (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching). This report describes… Continue Reading
GPO Releases MetaLib Federated Search Tool
“MetaLib is a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online. To learn more, view additional brief or detailed search information.” Continue Reading
Pew Survey: Survey: 96% of Young Adults Own Cell Phones
Americans and their gadgets, by Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, October 14, 2010 “In recent years the digital world has expanded far beyond the desktop1, and consumers can now choose from an array of devices capable of satisfying their need for anytime, anywhere access to news, information, friends and entertainment. This report examines the latest… Continue Reading
State of the Internet 2010: A Report on the Ever-Changing Threat Landscape
State of the Internet 2010: A Report on the Ever-Changing Threat Landscape, CA Technologies Internet Security Business Unit Internet Security Intelligence Report, October 2010 “Today approximately 1.8 billion people use the Internet to do everything from conduct business, communicate with friends and family, keep up with current events or simply entertain themselves playing games or… Continue Reading
