U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and NG Liquids Proved Reserves 2010. Published August 2012 – “Proved reserves of U.S. oil and natural gas in 2010 rose by the highest amounts ever recorded since the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) began publishing proved reserves estimates in 1977. Net additions to proved reserves of crude oil plus… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Amazon surpasses Google for online buyers conducting product research
Forester Report, July 26, 2012: “Some 30% of online buyers began researching their last online purchase with Amazon, compared with 13% researching a product on Google, according to a new Forrester survey of nearly 4,000 US respondents. This is a growing trend as Amazon increasingly becomes the first-stop shop for consumers, taking market share away… Continue Reading
Drop in cigarette consumption offset by increases in other forms of smoked tobacco
“Sharp increases in total adult consumption of pipe tobacco (used for roll-your-own cigarettes) and cigarette-like cigars since 2008 have offset declines in total cigarette consumption, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Consumption of Cigarettes and Combustible Tobacco United States, 20002011. Although total cigarette consumption continued an… Continue Reading
Nissan's Pioneering Move to Manufacture Cars in US Remains Highwater Mark
NYT: In Wooing of Nissan, a Lesson for Tech Jobs? “But the migration of Japanese auto manufacturing to the United States over the last 30 years offers a case study in how the unlikeliest of transformations can unfold. Despite the decline of American car companies, the United States today remains one of the top auto… Continue Reading
Infographics – How Consumers Really Feel About Data Privacy
via Placecast: How Consumers Really Feel About Data Privacy – “2,307 people were surveyed and it was found that use of data where the value exchange is explicit are most acceptable (grocery coupons, Amazon), while Facebooks data usage is least acceptable. Also, use of location data from either merchants or cell phone carriers is acceptable… Continue Reading
Contentious Google Book Scanning Case Approaches Fall Trial Date
Publishers Week news in following Google Book Scanning project postings: “After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Googles ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all… Continue Reading
IBM – A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence
A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence – “Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner.” Continue Reading
On the Distributional Effects of Base-Broadening Income Tax Reform
On the Distributional Effects of Base-Broadening Income Tax Reform – Samuel Brown, William G. Gale, Adam Looney. Tax Policy Center. August 1, 2012 “This paper examines the tradeoffs among three competing goals that are inherent in a revenue-neutral income tax reformmaintaining tax revenues, ensuring a progressive tax system, and lowering marginal tax ratesdrawing on the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Defense Logistics, Patient Safety
Defense Logistics – DOD Has Taken Actions to Improve Some Segments of the Materiel Distribution System, GAO-12-883R, Aug 3, 2012 Patient Safety – HHS Has Taken Steps to Address Unsafe Injection Practices, but More Action Is Needed, GAO-12-712, Jul 13, 2012 Continue Reading
Two new research studies identify diet and exercise required to sustain weight loss
Follow up to previous postings on obesity, via the New York Times – Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss, that references one article in full text, Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity and one abstract, Why do individuals not lose more weight from an exercise intervention at a defined dose? An energy balance analysis. Findings are… Continue Reading
Carnegie Paper – The Big Three in EU Foreign Policy
Carnegie Paper – The Big Three in EU Foreign Policy, by Stefan Lehne “The process of making foreign policy in the EU is currently based on an unwritten bargain between the bigger countries and the rest. The bigger countries, which own the major share of the EUs assets in this area, play an informal leadership… Continue Reading
BLS – July payroll employment rises – jobless rate essentially unchanged
News release: “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 163,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, food services and drinking places, and manufacturing…Employment in professional and business services increased by 49,000 in July. Computer systems… Continue Reading
