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Latest Government Statistics News

IMF Seeks to Promote Greater Data Transparency in Developing Countries
This can be attributed to many factors, including insufficient high level attention to disciplined data dissemination, inadequate resource allocation to statistical work across government agencies, and incipient technical expertise and IT ...
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State Government Tax Revenue Rises for Fourth Year in a Row, Census Bureau ...
"The Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections provides a comprehensive look at the fiscal health of state governments," said Kevin Deardorff, chief of the Census Bureau's Economy-Wide Statistics Division. "State governments and businesses have ...
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Latest Market Manipulation News

Citi may end up pleading guilty to currency market manipulation
HSBC already paid $ 343 million (£220 million), JPMorgan $ 352 million (£226 million), the Royal Bank of Scotland $ 344 million (£220 million) and UBS $ 371 million (£238 million) to settle currency market manipulation allegations with the same regulators.
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Hong Kong's SFC vows to crack down on market manipulation amid rally
Securities and Futures Commission chairman Carlson Tong Ka-shing has vowed to crack down on potential market manipulation after several small plays exhibited very unusual share price movements in the recent market rally. Tong said the regulator had a ...
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White House endorses passage of USA Freedom Act

White House endorses passage of USA Freedom Act
WASHINGTON — The White House formally threw its support behind the USA Freedom Act Tuesday, fully endorsing a plan to end the government's bulk collection of personal data and replace it with a more tailored program that would allow phone ...
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Jindal: To Left, religious freedom confined to church walls
Potential Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal insists that President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton interpret religious freedom as beginning and ending within church walls. A Closer Look Speaking at the ...
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After more than 20 years in prison, a long road to freedom for 2 DC men
It was the strangest thing for Keith Mitchell. Weeks after his recent release from 21 years and 129 days in prison, Mitchell stood in front of a sink in a public restroom, bewildered. Mitchell didn't realize that the sinks were operated by motion ...
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Plutocracy on the rise: Rapid increase in super PACs dominated by single …

Plutocracy on the rise: Rapid increase in super PACs dominated by single ...
Plutocracy on the rise: Rapid increase in super PACs dominated by single wealthy donors. Pro Publica · 20 Apr 2015 at 15:37 ET. Rich man lighting cigar with $ 100 bill (Shutterstock). Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story!
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Tidal slammed as a 'plutocracy' by Mumford & Sons
Tidal might be meant for artists, but not everyone likes what's going on. With Tidal, exclusivity is traded for equity. If an artist promises to bring something unique to Tidal, they'll get a 3% stake. It doesn't scale, though — there are only so many ...
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Salman Khan drama: It's confirmed! India is a plutocracy
The excessive action certainly resulted in a fatigue. But away from the apparent show of a 'disappointing' delivery of justice, one more thing is confirmed. That India, after almost 68 years of independence today, is a plutocracy. Ask the media, the ...
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