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Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard.
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Stalled: U.S. consumers buying less gas
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 23, 2011
12-month average cost for self-serve regular. source: AAA
The American Petroleum Institute says Americans consumed less gasoline in August than ...
Absolutely, positively pessimistic: FedEx
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 22, 2011
FedEx is not feeling good about the economy. The company's CEO, Fred Smith said today that he thinks we're in for a sluggish growth period for some time to come. That's depressing the Marketplace Daily Pulse today.
Plastic fantastic - credit card solicitations rocket
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 21, 2011
Credit card solicitations are double what they were last year. Business Insider got its hands on a research report by Credit Suisse, which says...
Quit while you're ahead
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 19, 2011
Stephen Hoffman - Winning!
After all the scorn I poured on the idea of playing the lottery a few weeks ago, I was given a rude shock today. Mark...
Why Banks Don't Listen to their Risk Managers
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 19, 2011
Woodbine Associates sent me an opinion piece this morning. It's a bit long, but it makes for interesting reading....
Glug glug glug - cash drains out of stocks
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 19, 2011
Money continues to flow out of the stock market. A report by Bloomberg News today cites research by the Investment Company Institute and EPFR...
Clawbacks: IRS collects $2.7 billion in unpaid taxes
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 16, 2011
The IRS says it has dredged up $2.7 billion from people who squirreled cash away in foreign bank accounts and failed to pay tax on it. The news t...
30-year mortgage rate falls again. Good news or bad?
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 15, 2011
Freddie Mac announced today that the 30-year mortgage rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1951. It's at 4.09 percent now, which should be...
Sue me
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 14, 2011
Remember the dot com crash? Back then one of the best sources of news on the collapsing economy was a chap called Philip Kaplan, alias Pud. He...
Why we love our fans so much
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 14, 2011
Benjamin Davis from Greenville SC sent us a very sweet note today....