Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U advanced 1.1 percent. (See chart 1 .) Energy prices decreased 5.1 percent, primarily the result of a decrease in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.8 percent over the year.
TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics â from science to business to global issues â in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
TED, the annual ideas confab, is wrapping up Friday, ending its 30th anniversary year with a day of speakers ranging from Gabby Giffords, the former U.S. congresswoman, to a retired California Highway Patrol officer who teaches suicide awareness and crisis management after years patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge.