JPMorgan Chase Whale Trades: A Case History of Derivatives Risks and Abuses. Majority and Minority Staff Report, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, March 15, 2013. “JPMorgan Chase & Company is the largest financial holding company in the United States, with $2.4 trillion in assets. It is also the largest derivatives dealer in the world and the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Federal Reserve announces results of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
News release: “The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced it has approved the capital plans of 14 financial institutions in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). Two other institutions received conditional approval, while the Federal Reserve objected to the plans of two firms. Strong capital levels help ensure that banking organizations have the ability to… Continue Reading
Census – Workers with a Disability Less Likely to be Employed
“Individuals with disabilities were less likely to be employed than individuals without disabilities, and those who were employed typically held jobs with lower earnings and also earned less than their colleagues with no disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Based on the new Disability Employment Tabulation, the statistics show that between… Continue Reading
TRAC: Media Making Fewer Challenges to Government Secrecy in Federal Court
“Federal court records show that Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits challenging government secrecy by news groups have declined, according to an analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This slump in the number of media suits does not seem to indicate that there is less government secrecy. In fact, the overall number of… Continue Reading
Mobile device use while driving more common in the US than in several European countries
Mobile Device Use While Driving United States and Seven European Countries, 2011. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 15, 2013 / 62(10);177-182. “Most U.S. drivers reported talking on their cell phone and about one in three read or sent text or email messages when driving, according to a new study released by the… Continue Reading
Fewer Children are in Private Schools, More in Charters: Working Paper Explores Possible Links
Census:”Data from several surveys, including the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey, show a decline in private school enrollment over the last decade. The working paper compares trends across datasets and subgroups and explores possible underlying causes of the decline in enrollment, which occurred particularly at larger, religiously affiliated schools in cities and suburbs.… Continue Reading
CFPB – Defining Larger Participants of the Student Loan Servicing Market
“The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau or CFPB) proposes to amend the regulation defining larger participants of certain consumer financial product and service markets by adding a new section to define larger participants of a market for student loan servicing. The Bureau proposes this rule pursuant to its authority, under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street… Continue Reading
Effects of Human and Wildlife Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Examined in Landmark UN Report
News release: “Many synthetic chemicals, untested for their disrupting effects on the hormone system, could have significant health implications according to the State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The joint study calls for more research to understand… Continue Reading
G20 Quarterly Gross Domestic Product, fourth quarter 2012, OECD
“Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with 0.6% in the third quarter, according to preliminary estimates. The aggregate G20 GDP growth rate however continues to mask diverging patterns across the worlds largest economies. Among the Major Seven countries, all European countries (Italy,… Continue Reading
Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from the CDC National Exposure Report in a Risk Assessment Context
Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from the CDC National Exposure Report in a Risk Assessment Context: Perspectives across Chemicals – March 1, 2013 “Biomonitoring data reported in the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals [NER; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)] provide information on the presence and concentrations of > 400 chemicals in… Continue Reading
Cenus – Estimates of Income and Earnings by Selected Demographic Characteristics
“Using data collected by the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this table package presents income and earnings estimates at the individual, family and household level for the third quarter (July, August and September) of 2011. The tables also include quarterly estimates by selected demographic characteristics, such as gender, race/ethnicity, age, marital status and highest… Continue Reading
Pew – Teens and Technology 2013
Teens and Technology 2013 – by Mary Madden, Amanda Lenhart, Maeve Duggan, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser. March 13, 2013 “Smartphone adoption among American teens has increased substantially and mobile access to the internet is pervasive. One in four teens are cell-mostly internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone and not using… Continue Reading
