The State of Congressional History – “Periodic assessments of the state of congressional history and the work of federal and archival offices that promote it are of great value to scholars and their work. Fortunately, a panel on this topic at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government on… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
How the U.S. Paid for Death and Damage in Afghanistan – Intercept
The Intercept – “An armored vehicle ran over a six-year-old boy’s legs: $11,000. A jingle truck was “blown up by mistake”: $15,000. A controlled detonation broke eight windows in a mosque: $106. A boy drowned in an anti-tank ditch: $1,916. A 10-ton truck ran over a cucumber crop: $180. A helicopter “shot bullets hitting and… Continue Reading
Debt Capital Markets Review Managing Underwriters
Full Year 2014 | Debt Capital Markets | Managing Underwriter – Debt Capital Markets Review – Thomson Reuters “GLOBAL DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS ACTIVITY UP 2% – Overall global debt capital markets activity totaled US$5.7 trillion during full year 2014, an uptick of 2% compared to 2013 and the strongest annual period for global debt capital… Continue Reading
The FDIC has consolidated a number of resources relating to the Volcker Final Rule
“The FDIC has consolidated a number of resources relating to the Final Rule – Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds, otherwise known as the “Volcker Rule”. On December 10, 2013 the FDIC Board of Directors approved the Volcker Rule. This webpage will… Continue Reading
Identity Theft Tops FTC’s Consumer Complaint Categories Again in 2014
News release: “Identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s national ranking of consumer complaints for the 15th consecutive year, while the agency also recorded a large increase in the number of complaints about so-called “imposter” scams, according to the FTC’s 2014 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, which was released today. Imposter scams – in which… Continue Reading
