UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012. The first report to systematically assess how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs. It suggests that the funding environment is more challenging for new start-ups than for[Read More…]
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NRDC Report: DriversTo Save $68 Billion by 2030 Under 54.5 MPG Standard
NRDC Ranks Top 20 States for Most Consumer Benefits: TX, CA, FL, NY, NC, GA, VA, PA, TN, AZ, IL, OH, WA, MD, MI, NJ, AL, KY, MO, MN WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 — Drivers will save $68 billion in fuel costs when the Obama administration’s 54.5 miles-per-gallon standard is[Read More…]
CEOs Collect Raises, Hoard Record Cash Reserves
AFL-CIO President Trumka Launches 2012 Executive PayWatch Searchable Online Data Bank of CEO Pay www.paywatch.org Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012 — According to data released by the AFL-CIO today, CEOs of S&P 500 Index companies received an average of $12.9 million in pay in 2011 – a 14 percent raise. The ratio of CEO[Read More…]
FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
FTC’s Funeral Rule Requires Funeral Homes to Provide Price Lists to Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012. Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The FTC conducts undercover inspections every year to[Read More…]
New Analysis Reveals States Failed to Include Detailed Expanded Learning Time Plans in Education Waiver Applications
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012. The Center for American Progress today released an analysis finding that of the 11 states that submitted applications to waive requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, most missed an important opportunity to rethink how they use time in school to promote student achievement. Time[Read More…]
Women Are Still Earning Less than Men Across the Board
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012. Today is Equal Pay Day, and the Center for American Progress released a package of products highlighting the importance of closing the gender wage gap. Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into 2012 the average woman must work to earn what the average man earned in[Read More…]
Oxford: Educated Women Have a Longer Working Week But Do Less Housework Than in the 1970s
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2012. The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework in the 2000s compared with similarly educated women in the 1970s. The study also shows[Read More…]
Cantor’s Small Business Bill is a $46 Billion Loophole for the Rich
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012. On Friday, in anticipation of a vote early next week by the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 9, a bill introduced by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to provide a one-year, 20 percent tax deduction for business income, the Center for American Progress released an[Read More…]
Strengthening America’s Options on Iran, 10 Key Questions to Inform Debate
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2012. Today, as the United States and its international partners prepare to resume negotiations with Iran over its suspect nuclear program, the Center for American Progress released a report, “Strengthening America’s Options on Iran,” a report highlighting ten key questions that should be asked in the debate[Read More…]
Study: THC Seldom Detected In Injured Dutch Drivers
Ghent, Belgium–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2012. Belgian drivers injured in traffic accidents are far more likely to possess drugs and alcohol in their systems than are Dutch drivers, according to data to be published in the journal Forensic Science International. Investigators from Belgium and the Netherlands compared the prevalence of alcohol, licit[Read More…]
