Paddy Hirsch

Libyan rebels are in Tripoli, spurring hopes that Libya will start pumping oil again soon. But oil prices are up today. What's up with that? Man...

Fear and greed, that's what. The shiny stuff broke $1880 an ounce today, another record. That's making my Dad happy. He's been long gold a l...

Things are getting so tough for European banks that they're cutting back on the most minor expenses - including snack-time cookies in the office!...

Bank of America is restructuring. Cutting jobs, in other words. 3,500 this quarter, and many more to come - possibly as many as 10,000 by the end...

The Financial Times reports that the European Central Bank has lent dollars to a eurozone bank for the first time since February in the latest sign...

Europe's problems are tanking bank stocks, as investors worry about a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. Last time it was toxic mortgages that...

With Vice President Joe Biden in China, plenty of commentators are once again talking about China selling US Treasuries....

Research by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that child poverty increased in 38 states from 2000 to 2009....