“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released the Quarterly Household Debt and Credit Report for the first quarter of 2011 today, which showed signs of healing in the consumer credit markets. Evidence of improvement includes: an increase in credit limits, by about $30 billion or 1%, for the first time since the third quarter… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Foreclosure Activity at 40-Month Low – Due to Delays Processing- Says Report
News release: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for April 2011, which shows foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions were reported on 219,258 U.S. properties in April, a 9 percent decrease from March and a 34 percent decrease from April 2010. The… Continue Reading
Digital Images of Yales Vast Cultural Collections Now Available for Free
News release: “Scholars, artists and other individuals around the world will enjoy free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale’s museums, archives, and libraries thanks to a new “Open Access” policy that the University announced today. Yale is the first Ivy League university to make its collections accessible in this fashion,… Continue Reading
Explore Australian collections and worldwide online sources
Australia Trove: “Find and get over 238,389,330 (and counting) Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.” Continue Reading
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR): “If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require you to report the account yearly to the Internal Revenue… Continue Reading
Commentary in response to Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis
Follow up to Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis, via Rolling Stone, The People vs. Goldman Sachs – A Senate committee has laid out the evidence. Now the Justice Department should bring criminal charges, by Matt Tabbai. Continue Reading
The Cars' First Album in 24 Years
Via Rolling Stone – Listen to The Cars’ First Album in 24 Years See the related article: The Cars Unleash Ferocious Live Show Tour in support of new LP ‘Move Like This’ shows New Wave rockers at the top of their game. Continue Reading
CDC Finds Annual Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41 Billion
News release: “Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of this cost ($20.4 billion) was in 10 states, the report says. CDC’s data analysis… Continue Reading
Social Security Board of Trustees: Projected Trust Fund Exhaustion One Year Sooner
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2036, one year sooner than projected last year. The DI Trust Fund, while… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: Federal Recovery Coordination Program
Federal Recovery Coordination Program: Enrollment, Staffing, and Care Coordination Pose Significant Challenges, GAO-11-572T, May 13, 2011 Continue Reading
Postal Service Announces Top Dog Attack Cities
News release: “The Postal Service released statistics today highlighting the cities where the most dog attacks occur nationwide. Houston tops the list with 62 letter carriers attacked in 2010. Nationwide last year, 5,669 postal employees were attacked in more than 1,400 cities, yet that pales in comparison to the 4.7 million Americans bitten annually … Continue Reading
HM Treasury – The Magenta Book Guidance for evaluation
“The Magenta Book is HM Treasury guidance on evaluation for Central Government, but will also be useful for all policy makers, including in local government, charities and the voluntary sectors. It sets out the key issues to consider when designing and managing evaluations, and the presentation and interpretation of evaluation results. It describes why thinking… Continue Reading
