“Today the Environment Agency released its list of the 10 most improved rivers. A river that once ran black with coal is now an international match fishing destination. Another so polluted that it was described as an affront to a civilised society is now a home for salmon, otters and water voles. And a London… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Research Center on the Prevention of Financial Fraud
News release: “Stanford Universitys Center on Longevity and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation have joined together to launch the Research Center on the Prevention of Financial Fraud, an interdisciplinary resource for law enforcement, government and research groups studying financial fraud. Financial fraud, ranging from Ponzi schemes to online phishing scams and work from home schemes,… Continue Reading
The Global Internet Speedup
“The Global Internet Speedup is the name for our collaborative effort to make the Internet faster through cooperation between recursive DNS services and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). This collaboration is being done through an open IETF proposed standard called “edns-client-subnet” which helps better direct content to users thereby decreasing latency, decreasing congestion, increasing transfer speeds… Continue Reading
Chicago Fed – New Chart Details Regulatory Authority Relationships
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has created a detailed information graphic outlining the relationship of U.S. regulatory authorities to the wide network of payment, clearing and settlement systems. The graphic was developed to help explain the complex relationship among U.S. regulators and the systems that provide payment, clearing and settlement services, explained Rajeev Ranjan,… Continue Reading
Bizjournals: New York City is still the nation's biggest metro area
“The database here [scroll down the page] contains the latest population estimates for 942 metropolitan and micropolitan areas, along with their official figures from April 2010. Use the tab to winnow the list to a single state, or simply hit the Search button to view the rankings in their entirety. On Numbers has developed a… Continue Reading
Boston Consulting Group – Made in America, Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S.
Made in America, Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S., August 25, 2011 – “The new report analyzes those cost shifts in greater detail and explains why the U.S. will gain manufacturing even if Chinese productivity accelerates. Although Chinese productivity will continue to grow at an impressive 8.5 percent annually for the next five… Continue Reading
Free interactive travel guides for mobile devices
Triposo – “We build free, interactive travel guides for mobile devices. To make our guides we use the content that is freely available from seven different sources, including Wikitravel, Wikipedia, World66 and Openstreetmap. Our mission is to make that content relevant for you. So we mix and mash and annotate – and we distill great,… Continue Reading
European Commission – Men's Health Report
“Men’s Health Report published by the Commission on 25 August 2011, highlights the state of men’s health across Europe. Patterns emerging from data taken from 34 European countries show marked differences in health outcomes amongst men both between and within countries.” Continue Reading
BEA – Personal Income and Outlays – July 2011
News release: “Personal income increased $42.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $32.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, in July, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $88.4 billion, or 0.8 percent. In June, personal income increased $27.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $22.6 billion, or… Continue Reading
Baker Institute: Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions
Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions in the Murky World of Digital Currencies, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Mobile Device Payments – John Villasenor, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation Cody Monk, Instructor/Lecturer, National Intelligence University and the Naval Postgraduate School “The history of the movement of money is as complex and varied as… Continue Reading
Increasing Share of Minority Births in United States Signals New Demographic Tipping Point
America Reaches Its Demographic Tipping Point Demographics, Ethnicity, Race, Children & Families, William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution “The latest wave of 2010 Census data, released this week, confirms what earlier surveys have strongly hinted: virtually half of recent births in the U.S. are minorities. We are becoming a more… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Medicare Integrity Program, Private Health Insurance
Medicare Integrity Program – CMS Used Increased Funding for New Activities but Could Improve Measurement of Program Effectiveness, GAO-11-592, July 29, 2011 Private Health Insurance – Early Experiences Implementing New Medical Loss Ratio Requirements, GAO-11-711, July 29, 2011 Continue Reading
