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PODCAST: Gas prices up, Mobile payment tossup

Mark Garrison Jul 11, 2013
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Gas prices up, Mobile payment tossup

Mark Garrison Jul 11, 2013
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There’s a lot of ways to pay for things these days without using cash. Credit and debit cards are the biggest, but mobile payments might be the next big thing.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in June on interest rates came out on Wednesday afternoon. They showed the group of monetary policy makers is treading carefully when in comes to rolling back their stimulative bond buying program known as quantitative easing.

Oil prices are up to levels not seen in more than a year — blame Egypt, blame the economy, and blame yourself?

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