News release: “A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent of consumers had errors on one of their three major credit reports that could lead to them paying more for products such as auto loans and insurance. Overall, the congressionally mandated study on credit report accuracy found that… Continue Reading
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A Painfully Slow Recovery for America's Workers: Causes, Implications, and the Federal Reserve's Response
Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen At the “A Trans-Atlantic Agenda for Shared Prosperity” conference sponsored by the AFL-CIO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the IMK Macroeconomic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. February 11, 2013 “At the federal level, policymakers have reduced purchases of goods and services, allowed stimulus-related spending to decline, and have put in place further… Continue Reading
UK – Investigation announced in connection with Autonomy Corporation plc
News release: “The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation under the Accountancy Scheme into the published financial reporting of Autonomy for the period between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2011. The FRCs decision to initiate an investigation was taken following consultation with the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).… Continue Reading
EIA – Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief
Report: “Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in 2012, the world’s largest holder of crude oil reserves, and the world’s second largest crude oil producer behind Russia. Saudi Arabia’s economy remains heavily dependent on petroleum. Petroleum exports accounted for almost 90 percent of total Saudi export revenues in… Continue Reading
CRS – Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
Taxation of Unemployment Benefits, Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security, February 7, 2013 “Unemployment compensation (UC) benefits have been fully subject to the federal income tax since the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514). Under tax law, unemployment compensation is a broad category that includes regular state UC benefits, extended… Continue Reading
New FDA reports provide data on antibiotic use in meat production and public risk
Antibiotics And Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Meat: Not Getting Better, By Maryn McKenna: “A few days ago, the Food and Drug Administration released two important documents related to antibiotic use in livestock raising, and what the results of that antibiotic use are. Id say that they released them quietly, except, when it comes to this issue,… Continue Reading
NYT – A Call for Drastic Changes in Educating New Lawyers
Ethan Bronner: “Faced with profound and seemingly irreversible shifts, the legal profession is contemplating radical changes to its educational system, including cutting the curriculum, requiring far more on-the-ground training and licensing technicians who are not full lawyers.” Continue Reading
The new library of Babel? Borges, digitisation, and the myth of the universal library
Via First Monday – The new library of Babel? Borges, digitisation and the myth of the universal library by Christopher Rowe “The growing capacity of digital encoding and storage has opened up vast new avenues for the archiving and distribution of texts in virtual space, prompting many to declare the imminent obsolescence of print media,… Continue Reading
OECD – Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2013
Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2013 – “Recovering from the recession, improving longer-term growth potential and reducing inequality are key challenges for the UK economy. Lingering effects from the global financial crisis, the restrictive impact from necessary fiscal consolidation and headwinds from the euro area sovereign debt crisis risk prolonging and worsening the economic… Continue Reading
American Banker – Five Ways Banks Should Be Using Social Media
American Banker/Bank Technology: “Social networking has become so common and broad-based in its use there are now more than 500 million Twitter users and more than 1 billion Facebook users that banks have no choice but to incorporate social networking into their marketing efforts.” Continue Reading
Content analysis study of librarian blogs: Professional development and other uses
Via First Monday – Content analysis study of librarian blogs: Professional development and other uses by Grace M. Jackson-Brown “A content analysis study of leading librarian blogs shows how blogs are used for professional development, political advocacy for libraries, research and other information dissemination uses. An examination of blog posts, comments, and blogger responses to… Continue Reading
Open Wireless vs. Licensed Spectrum: Evidence from Market Adoption
Open Wireless vs. Licensed Spectrum: Evidence from Market Adoption – 26(1) Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (Fall 2012) by Yochai Benkler. “The paper reviews evidence from eight wireless markets: mobile broadband; wireless healthcare; smart grid communications; inventory management; access control; mobile payments; fleet management; and secondary markets in spectrum. I find that markets are… Continue Reading
