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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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Time to jump back in?
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Paddy Hirsch
May 4, 2009
Many of the conversations I had over the weekend revolved around the question of whether its a good idea to start buying stocks again. A lot of...
I'm gonna make him an offer...
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Paddy Hirsch
May 4, 2009
A spat's brewing about the government's allegedly aggressive lobbying of those holdout non-TARP lenders to Chrysler. In case you've missed it, the...
So, who really calls the shots?
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Paddy Hirsch
May 1, 2009
Chrysler's bankruptcy is shaping up to give us all a terrific window on Washington, and who really holds power there....
Mortgage lenders turn turtle
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Paddy Hirsch
May 1, 2009
The Senate may have tossed out Obama's cramdown legislation, but too late for Thornburg Mortgage and Accredited Home Lenders....
Confidence trick
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Paddy Hirsch
May 1, 2009
The Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment is out, and Bloomberg reports confidence among U.S. consumers rose to its...
Why this is a bad sign
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Paddy Hirsch
May 1, 2009
Businessweek reports even in this recession, there are approximately 3 million jobs that employers are actively recruiting for but so far have be...
Morning reading
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Paddy Hirsch
May 1, 2009
Looks like the stock market is set to tick higher this morning, following both Europe and Asia. We're waiting for manufacturing data from the...
What you get if you're unsecured
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Paddy Hirsch
Apr 30, 2009
Remember that $4 billion of OUR MONEY the Bush Administration lent to Chrysler last year to keep it out of bankruptcy? Well, here's what we can...