News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in September. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, six states posted rate increases, and three states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [October 19, 2012]. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
ProPublica Report: TSA replacing airport X-ray body scanners with millimeter-wave scanners
TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports: “The replacement machines, known as millimeter-wave scanners, rely on low-energy radio waves similar to those used in cell phones. The machines detect potential threats automatically and quickly using a computer program. They display a generic cartoon image of a person’s body, mitigating privacy concerns…Here’s a side-by-side comparison… Continue Reading
EPA – Ten Ways to Save Money, Energy and Protect Your Health This Winter
News release: “With winter quickly approaching, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is highlighting ten tips for Americans to protect their health, save money, and lower energy while enjoying the winter holiday season. Maintain your heating equipment to lower utility bills. Download EPAs free Apps to help protect your health Decorate for the holidays with… Continue Reading
OECD launches online portal to boost product safety
News release: “The OECD has launched an online portal to give consumers, businesses and governments quick and easy access to the latest information on products recalled from the market in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States. The portal, http://globalrecalls.oecd.org, is designed to promote and improve product safety. Deaths and injuries worldwide from unsafe products… Continue Reading
NIH – Weight loss does not lower heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes
News release: “An intensive diet and exercise program resulting in weight loss does not reduce cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in people with longstanding type 2 diabetes, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study tested whether a lifestyle intervention… Continue Reading
Paper – The Eurozone Debt Crisis – The Options Now
Buchheit, Lee C. and Gulati, G. Mitu, The Eurozone Debt Crisis — The Options Now (October 8, 2012). Available at SSRN. “The Eurozone debt crisis is entering its third year. The original objective of the official sectors response to the crisis — containment — has failed. All of the countries of peripheral Europe are now… Continue Reading
Quarterly Trends for Consolidated U.S. Banking Organizations
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “Consolidated financial statistics for the U.S. commercial banking industry, including both bank holding companies (BHCs) and banks. Statistics are based on quarterly regulatory filings. Statistics are inclusive of BHCs’ nonbank subsidiaries. Separate statistics are reported on a merger-adjusted basis for the subset of BHCs with > $500bn in total… Continue Reading
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Framework for a Grand Bargain to Tackle U.S. Debt
“The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) [October 18, 2012)] released a Framework for a Grand Bargain that would allow the 112th Congress in its lame duck session to both avoid the impending fiscal cliff and set the stage for the 113th Congress to undertake spending cuts and revenue increases in order to stabilize the nations debt… Continue Reading
OCC Community Bank Stress Testing: Supervisory Guidance
“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today provided guidance to national banks and federal savings associations with assets of $10 billion or less (community banks) on using stress testing to assess risk in their loan portfolios. The guidance is contained in OCC Bulletin 2012-33, Community Bank Stress Testing: Supervisory Guidance. The OCCs guidance… Continue Reading
IAB internet advertising revenue report 2012
IAB internet advertising revenue report 2012 first six months’ results, October 2012. An industry survey conducted by PwC and sponsored by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) “Internet advertising revenues (revenues) in the United States totaled $17.0 billion for the first six months of 2012, with Q1 2012 accounting for approximately $8.3 billion and Q2 2012… Continue Reading
EIA – Biofuels Issues and Trends
Biofuels Issues and Trends, October 15, 2012 “Biofuels is a collective term for liquid fuels derived from renewable sources, including ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable liquid fuels. This report focuses on ethanol and biodiesel, the most widely available biofuels. From 2009 to the middle of 2012, the U.S. biofuels industry increased its output and prepared… Continue Reading
Mexico is a major non-OPEC oil producer and among the largest sources of U.S. oil imports
EIA: “Mexico is one of the ten largest oil producers in the world, the third-largest in the Western Hemisphere, and an important partner in the U.S. energy trade. However, the amount of oil produced in Mexico has steadily decreased since 2004 due to natural production declines from Cantarell and other large offshore fields, though the… Continue Reading
