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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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Shrugging off Europe's problems?
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 17, 2011
Investors were all hot and bothered about Europe yesterday. Today, maybe not so much. Markets here are up as investors focus on good earnings news....
WHITEBOARD: The name's Bond. Eurobond.
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 17, 2011
James Bond is a weapon of last resort, the man you send in when diplomacy and threats have failed. Eurobond is a similar sort of chap......
Following the money
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 16, 2011
News today that Manchester United has chosen to list in Singapore. The English Premier League football champions hope to raise around $1 billion....
Eurobonds, and why (many) Germans hate them
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 16, 2011
Rising debt in several Euro-member countries is forcing Europeans to consider ... issuing more debt! This time, in the form of a Eurobond.
So, w...
He's a trading machine. Literally.
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 16, 2011
Last week's volatility came with an unsual twist: lots and lots of volume....
Buffett should keep his checkbook closed
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 16, 2011
Warren Buffett's declaration in a New York Times editorial that millionaries should pay more tax has attracted plenty of attention. And plenty of...
Getting a loan gets easier -- or does it?
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 15, 2011
Banks are making it easier to borrow, but loans are still hard to get. That's the conclusion of a report on bank lending released today by the Fe...
SoCal home sales and prices fall again in July
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 15, 2011
Home sales in Southern California fell to their lowest level for a July in four years, the LA Times reports. The decline from a year earlier was ...
Markets up? Wave goodbye to cheap gas
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Paddy Hirsch
Aug 15, 2011
The price of oil jumped more than two-and-a-half percent today to more than $87 a barrel.
The rally in shares on Wall Street, and a report that ...