Category Archives: Finance & Tech Review

The 12 most important research and central bank articles of the past week.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 6/23 – 6/27

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Research

Getting closer to understanding dark matter l SLAC ow.ly/yxwip

Groups pressure U.S. lawmakers with NSA surveillance scorecard l Computerworldow.ly/yxwmH

Are Digital Retailers Focusing Their Security in the Wrong Place? l CIOonline trib.al/gtVPOfp

Want a tech career, college students? Better get an internship first l Computerworld ow.ly/yxwsL

US Renewable Usage and CO2 Emissions Have Both Substantially Increased l Clean Technicadlvr.it/67xZ3Z

Airport breach a sign for IT industry to think security, not money l CSOonline ow.ly/yxwGx

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

How is the U.S. economy doing? Janet Yellen’s dashboard l SF Fed brkn.gs/1uRU7DD

Data on reverse repo agreements have been added to U.S. Financial Data l St. Louis Fedbit.ly/wwEiJe

Secretary Lew Unveils New Efforts to Assist Homeowners l Treasury Dept. go.usa.gov/9v6

Pilot program uses crowdfunding to help underserved entrepreneurs launch their small business l St. louis Fed bit.ly/1ivXTR2

Where millennials are putting their money l Housing Wire hwi.re/6808rr

Our Piggy Bank Primer e-book helps children learn about spending, saving and budgeting l EconLowDown bit.ly/1mP8AQu

Now accepting submissions for the 2015 Federal Reserve System Research Conference in DC l St. Louis Fed bit.ly/1qLbXbR

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 6/16 – 6/20

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Research

HACKERS WANTED’ Report: NSA Not Having Trouble Filing Cybersecurity Jobs l CIOonlinetrib.al/sZmEMrR

FCC proposes $1B per year for Wi-Fi in schools l Computerworld ow.ly/yhH9R

Sandia scientists’ new way of making nanoparticles can help solar cell manufacturers l Daily Fusion bit.ly/1nov8Sm

Solar Energy & Energy Efficiency News Carnival l Clean Technica dlvr.it/63mMdJ

Great white sharks follow similar hunting pattern to human serial killers l New Scientist http://bit.ly/serialshark

8 technologies that are on the way out — and one that we’ll never be rid of l Computerworld http://trib.al/z7S97uc

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

See whether the recession slowed job churn in the U.S. or simply magnified an evolving trend l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1jh9Ub3

Do financial ed programs work? l Chicago Fedhttp://goo.gl/oAwRvF

Watch this five-minute video to learn the basics of the labor market l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/16ITsIw

Mark Cuban talks housing and student loan bubbles l Housing Wire http://hwi.re/63n61G

What is behind the default rate on student loans? l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1iEkSDX

Urban Institute: Mortgage denials for black borrowers worse than thought l Housing Wirehttp://hwi.re/63jk8W

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 6/9 – 6/13

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Research

10 ‘geek dads’ share tales and tips from the IT trenches l Computerworld bit.ly/1l5uHAB

HP Places Its Data Center Bet on ‘The Machine’ l CIOonline trib.al/IyMArCv

A growing intolerance for violence emerges from this Victorian court data l New Scientist ow.ly/xYmPN

Google Pays $500 Million to Buy Satellite Maker Skybox Imaging l CIOonline http://trib.al/K8ihDax

Landfill Gas Heats Up Entire French Town l Clean Technica http://dlvr.it/5zLpFj

Peek inside the cockpit of a 1000-mile-per-hour car l New Scientist http://ow.ly/xXSck

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

New York Fed’s 1st Annual Report & Newly Released, 99th Annual Report l NY Fed http://nyfed.org/1joDZSy

Natural disasters cost some island states 6.6% of GDP. Working together, they can lower risk l World Bank http://wrld.bg/xPBOO

Bring current events into the classroom from EconEdLink related to today’s news l Council 4 Econ Ed http://ow.ly/xYGcq

Short video explains the ways in which world shocks have affected the UK economy l Bank of England http://ow.ly/xYGDX

40 Social Media Acronyms You Should Totally Know [Infographic] l CU Magazinehttp://swyy.co/1kR5Mj8

What Eric Cantor’s Surprise Ouster Means For Credit Unions l CU Journal http://bit.ly/1qvbZS1

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 6/2 – 6/6

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Research

5 Reasons Why China is Attacking U.S. Tech l CIOonline trib.al/GKVHXfJ

Extreme evolution: How snakes became the über-eater l New Scientist ow.ly/xGKHh

Convert waste CO2 and chicken feathers into fertiliser l New Scientist ow.ly/xGKLJ

World’s Oldest Solar Device l Clean Technicadlvr.it/5txx05

What’s the best approach to building next-generation data center networks? l Network Worldow.ly/xGL7U

Where have all the species gone? Network model explains long-term stagnation in marine life. l APS Physics ow.ly/xGLem

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

While the unemployment rate has dropped since late 2009, unemployment duration remains high l St. Louis Fed bit.ly/1t1XlUQ

What is monetary policy? Take our online course to find out l Econ Lowdown bit.ly/1l1oynr

United States Signs $500 Million Loan Guarantee Agreement with Tunisia l Treasury Departmentgo.usa.gov/8sbm

Future population change will likely reduce income and sales tax revenue in every state l KC Fed ow.ly/xGMqj

What Americans (Don’t) Know about Student Loan Collections l NY Fed nyfed.org/UeirCV

Christopher Whalen: Are US home prices falling? l Housing Wire hwi.re/5tNWKq

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 5/19 – 5/23

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Research

How GE Uses Social Tools to Support its Digital Strategies l CIOonline http://trib.al/BS6UoMB

Does the CFO Need to Become a Technologist? l CIOonline http://ow.ly/xcUmz

Concentrating solar power research at PNN Lab & Sandia Labs l Energy http://t.co/39HC3izFD1

Deadline to apply for Illinois Coastal Management Program grants is in one week l IL-IN Sea Grant http://ow.ly/xcUFO

World’s Largest Tracking Solar PV Plant Completed In California l Clean Technica http://dlvr.it/5m2NFm

Check out these “5 Apps For A Citizen Science Summer” l Popular Science http://bit.ly/1gpDpIq

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

China’s economy will soon surpass the U.S.’s l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/RWnGWq

Teachers: Free interactive eBook to teach your students the basics of saving money l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/RHnRVq

Africa has 9% of the world’s water, and only 11% of the globe’s population l World Bank http://wrld.bg/xcfap

Watch: The New Geography of jobs l SF Fed http://ow.ly/xcVY6

Obama to announce Julian Castro’s nomination as HUD Secretary l Housing Wire http://hwi.re/5lxprg

Economists use micro-level banking data to shed light on global transmission of funding shocks l NY Fed http://nyfed.org/1ktRvYN

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.