The Puppet Masters -How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do About It. Emile van der Does de Willebois, Emily M. Halter, Robert A. Harrison, Ji Won Park. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank “Corruption is estimated to be at least a $40 billion dollar a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Promoting Healthier Choices
Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Promoting Healthier Choices, October 20, 2011, Consensus Report “A variety of nutrition rating systems and symbols are now on the front of food packagesmeant to make it easier for consumers to make healthful choices. However, the number and variety of nutrition rating systems in grocery stores today often lead… Continue Reading
Speech by Governor Duke on the Federal Reserve System and individual financial planning
The Federal Reserve System and Individual Financial Planning, Governor Elizabeth A. Duke At the 2011 Virginia Beach Financial Planning Day, Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 22, 2011 Beginning in 2008, in the face of rising unemployment and falling home values, households reduced spending and increased saving. Although many households have suffered tremendous financial hardship, in the… Continue Reading
BEA October 2011 Survey of Current Business
Survey of Current Business, October 2011: “In October, we traditionally present recent statistics on services traded across borders and services delivered via affiliates of multinational companies, thus taking a broad view of services provided to and by the United States in international markets. Cross-border trade statistics are presented for 2010, while services provided through affiliates… Continue Reading
BLS: Workplace Injury and Illness Summary 2010
Workplace Injury and Illness Summary 2010 “Nearly 3.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses we reported among private industry employers in 2010, resulting in an incidence rate of 3.5 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers– down from 3.6 cases in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The total recordable cases (TRC) injury… Continue Reading
Jobless rates down in 25 states, up in 14 in Sep; payroll jobs down in 25, up in 24 states
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary, September 2011: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in September. Twenty-five states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 14 states posted rate increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-eight states registered unemployment… Continue Reading
The Costs of Reproduction: History and the Legal Construction of Sex Equality
The Costs of Reproduction: History and the Legal Construction of Sex Equality, Deborah Dinner, Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Vol. 46, 2011 “Today, legal and political actors argue that sex equality does not require society to share the costs of pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing… Continue Reading
Measures of Effective Teaching – Gates Foundation
“The goal of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project is to help educators and policymakers identify and support good teaching by improving the quality of information available about teacher practice. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, independent education researchers, in partnership with school districts, principals, teachers, and unions, will work to… Continue Reading
TRAC: New Tools For Tracking ICE Prosecutorial Discretion
Jeff Lamicela: “TRAC has launched a bundle of new report series, with accompanying data tools and regular updates, which allow the public to monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) exercise of prosecutorial discretion in the Immigration Courts, as spelled out in Director John Morton’s June 17, 2011 memorandum. TRAC’s new tools allow tracking by charge,… Continue Reading
Social Security Administration Releases Wage Statistics for 2010
Wage Statistics for 2010: “The national average wage index (AWI) is based on compensation (wages, tips, and the like) subject to Federal income taxes, as reported by employers on Forms W-2. Beginning with the AWI for 1991, compensation includes contributions to deferred compensation plans, but excludes certain distributions from plans where the distributions are included… Continue Reading
NOAA releases status report on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary marine resources
News release: “NOAA scientists have found that pressure from increasing coastal populations, ship and boat groundings, marine debris, poaching, and climate change are critically threatening the health of the Florida Keys ecosystem. Many historically abundant marine resources such as green sea turtles and coral habitat continue to be at risk with low rates of recovery.… Continue Reading
CoreLogic Multifamily Applicant Risk Index Reports
News release: “CoreLogic…announced that CoreLogic SafeRent®, provider of the nation’s leading suite of screening and risk management services designed for the multifamily housing industry, released its third quarter 2011 multifamily applicant risk statistics. Despite anemic job growth in the weak economy, credit quality among rental applicants improved slightly in the third quarter 2011 over third… Continue Reading
