http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/iahi0809.pdf
Reports that 18.31 million or 70% of United Kingdom households had Internet access in 2009. 63% of households had access to broadband Internet connections. Also provides data on frequency and nature of Internet use. From the Office for National Statistics.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/PB09.pdf
Offers statistics on the imports and exports of British goods and services, income and financial flows, and other transfers. From the Office for National Statistics.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/BB09.pdf
Provides detailed estimates of national product, income, and expenditure for the United Kingdom. Tables contain data for the last 9 to 18 years. From the Office for National Statistics.
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2008.htm
Presents estimates of occupational pay, benefits, and compensation cost trends at the national level for major occupation groups and industry sectors. Also covers data for union and nonunion workers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/youth.pdf
Reports that the proportion of youth, aged 16 to 24, who were employed in July 2009 was 51%, the lowest July rate on record since the statistical series began in 1948. Also provides data on sex and race/ethnicity of the youth. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/196/196HeroinVsNonHerWeb.pdf
Reports that opiates such as heroin accounted for almost one fifth of all substance abuse treatment admissions in 2007. Also provides demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of those treated. From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.ftc.gov/os/fedreg/2008/august/080829tsr.pdf
Text of a Federal Register regulation which prohibits robocalls, telemarketing calls that deliver prerecorded messages without a consumer’s express written agreement to receive such calls. Such calls must also provide specified opt-out mechanisms. From the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/2009-99.htm
Press release which describes additional disclosures which banks must make before raising credit card interest rates. Previously the banks were required to provide customers with a 45 day notice but could apply new rates to transactions during the notification period. Now they must disclose this fact. From the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.