Report of the State Budget Crisis Task Force, Revised July 31, 2012 – Rockefeller Institute of Government: “States are grappling with unprecedented fiscal crises. Even before the 2008 financial collapse, many states faced long-term structural problems. Many economists believe that in the aftermath of the crisis, the economy will grow sluggishly for years as it… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
ABA's National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction
“Through the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction, each jurisdictions collateral consequences will be made accessible to the public through a website that can be searched and sorted by categories and keywords. The website will make it possible for criminal and civil lawyers to determine which collateral consequences are triggered by particular categories of… Continue Reading
Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 31 December 2011
Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 31 December 2011: “This report presents the results of the Basel Committee’s Basel III monitoring exercise. The study is based on rigorous reporting processes set up by the Committee to periodically review the implications of the Basel III standards for financial markets; the first results of… Continue Reading
Trend Micro Commentary on Global Hackers
Trend Micro Incorporated Opinion Piece, September 2012 – Peter the Great Versus Sun Tzu “Due to the competitive nature of the environment, East European hackers create customized malware, often with all capabilities internally hard-coded with no external third-party tools. Trend Micro threat researchers noted that robust anti-debugging techniques and complex command and control (C&C) are… Continue Reading
FTC Releases Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
News release: “The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $9.94 billion in 2008 to $8.53 billion in 2009, and again to $8.05 billion in 2010, according to a report released [September 21, 2012] by the Federal Trade Commission. The Commission has issued the… Continue Reading
Hamilton College – Burke Turns the Page Library must balance paper-and-ink traditions with the digital revolution
Burke Turns the Page – Library must balance paper-and-ink traditions with the digital revolution – by Helen S. Schwartz “The library is changing its subscriptions from print journals to electronic delivery of those same periodicals wherever possible. Burkes first digital book collection joins other monographs but is stored online rather than on the shelves. Online… Continue Reading
USDA Establishes National Watershed Research Network
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced that it has established a Long Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) network from among its existing experimental watersheds and rangelands nationwide to address large-scale, multi-year research, environmental management testing and technology transfer related to the nation’s agricultural ecosystems. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific… Continue Reading
BLS – Who has benefits in private industry in 2012?
“Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in June 2012.1 Although employers in most states are not required to offer these benefits, they often make some form of each major benefit type available to their employees, especially to full-time and high-wage workers. For example, paid… Continue Reading
Employee Benefits Security Administration announces launch of 401(k) fee disclosure resource website
News release: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a new 401(k) fee disclosure website as a resource for consumers. The new site offers information on disclosures that, for the first time, will help workers with 401(k)-type retirement plans see what they are paying to invest their savings. It also includes… Continue Reading
Fisheries of the United States – 2011
Fisheries of the United States 2011. Current Fishery Statistics No. 2011. National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Science and Technology “Commercial landings (edible and industrial) by U.S. fishermen at ports in the 50 states were 10.1 billion pounds or 4.6 million metric tons valued at $5.3 billion in 2011an increase of 1.86 billion pounds (up… Continue Reading
Fixing the Benchmark' – Wheatley Considers LIBOR Overhaul
Fixing the Benchmark’ – Wheatley Considers LIBOR Overhaul. Jun Anthony Garcia. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited. September 6, 2012. Financial Regulation International (September, 2012) “This paper explores whether replacing LIBOR is necessary even after regulators and policy makers have implemented the proposed changes outlined in the Wheatley Review. The paper also reviews the proposals in… Continue Reading
World Bank- Food Price Watch
Food Price Watch – World Bank, August 2012 “The prices of internationally traded maize and soybeans reached all-time peaks in July, following an unprecedented summer in both the United States and Eastern Europe in terms of high temperatures and lack of rain fall. Wheat prices have also soared to levels comparable to the 2011 peaks… Continue Reading
