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UK Dept. for Work and Pensions: Over ten million people to live to 100

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News release: “More than ten million people in the UK today can expect to live to see their 100th birthday – 17 per cent of the population. Three million are currently aged under 16, 5.5 million are aged between 16 and 50, and 1.3 million are aged between 51 and 65. Around 875,000 are already aged over 65. Pensions Minister Steve Webb said:

  • “These staggering figures really bring home how important it is to plan ahead for our later lives. Many millions of us will be spending around a third of our lives or more in retirement in the future. That’s why we are reforming the pension system to make it sustainable for the long term, making sure people can look forward to a decent state pension when they retire, and helping millions save into a workplace pension, many for the first time.”
  • In 2066, there will be at least half a million people aged 100 or over. The 2066 centenarians will include nearly 7,700 super centenarians, those aged 110 or over.”
  • 30 December 2010 – Number of Future Centenarians

    • S&P Equity Research Issues Internet Predictions for 2011

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    News release: “S&P Equity Research sees big developments for the Internet segment in 2011, including continuing challenges for Google, changes at Yahoo, a cloud offering from Apple, and excitement from China. “The coming year should also be another year of solid growth, with double-digit gains for U.S. Internet advertising and retail spending,” observed Scott Kessler,… Continue Reading

    Manufacturers' News Releases List of Top U.S. Cities by Number of Industrial Jobs

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    News release: “Manufacturers’ News, Inc., compiler and publisher of industrial directories for all fifty states, has generated a list of the top U.S. cities by number of manufacturing jobs as of year-end 2010. The full list can be seen here. According to Manufacturers’ News, Houston takes the top spot for industrial employment with 228,226 manufacturing… Continue Reading

    Report – Northeast Blizzard Postpones $1 Billion in Retail Sales on Dec. 26 and 27

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    News release: “ShopperTrak’s National Retail Sales Estimate (NRSE) today reported that total GAFO retail sales for Christmas week (week ending Dec. 25) slipped 4.1 percent compared to last year, while the company’s retail traffic index (SRTI) reported a strong 6.8 percent total U.S. foot traffic decline for the same period..ShopperTrak also measured the impact of… Continue Reading

    Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing

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    “The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the release of a new paper, Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing, by Bruce Etling, Robert Faris, and John Palfrey.” “In this paper, we discuss the possible impact of digital technologies in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes. We… Continue Reading

    SBA Unveils New Web Site and Launches SBA Direct – A New Tool Delivering Personalized and Targeted Resources

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    News release: “As part of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s mission to ensure that small business owners and entrepreneurs have access to accurate, timely and helpful information, SBA Administrator Karen Mills unveiled a newly re-designed SBA website. The new site also features the launch of SBA Direct, a dynamic new web tool with a variety… Continue Reading

    Report: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites

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    “The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to share a new report, Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites by Ethan Zuckerman, Hal Roberts, Ryan McGrady, Jillian York, John Palfrey “Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is an increasingly common Internet phenomenon capable of silencing Internet speech, usually for… Continue Reading

    Evaluating Limits on Participation and Transactions in Markets for Emissions Allowances

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    CBO: Evaluating Limits on Participation and Transactions in Markets for Emissions Allowances, December 2010 “In response to concerns that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could have serious and costly effects, the Congress has considered creating a nationwide cap-and-trade program that would limit emissions of those gases below the levels projected under current… Continue Reading

    A centralized, streamlined means of searching multiple National Archives resources at once

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    “The Online Public Access prototype is our first step to providing a single search to our records from several of our current systems, including the Archival Research Catalog (ARC), Access to Archival Databases (AAD), Archives.gov, and the Electronic Records Archive (ERA). As part of the National Archives’ flagship initiative in our Open Government Plan, our… Continue Reading