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Paddy Hirsch

Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard. 

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  • Sep 1, 2011

    Market timing

    A report by the Institute for Policy Studies that 25 corporate CEOs earned more than their companies paid in taxes attracted a surprising amount of…

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  • Aug 31, 2011

    Data Points 8/31

    August Chicago PMI came in at 56.5 beating estimates but below the July figure. The number was the lowest since November 2009. (via Clusterstock)…

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  • Aug 31, 2011

    Trade off

    Trade off

    Trade in America is slowing. A report from the OECD today says the growth we saw in both imports and exports earlier this year is settling back a…

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  • Some Americans may be feeling a hint of schadenfreude at the news that hedge funds are having a hard time of it in this market….

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  • Aug 30, 2011

    Data Points

    The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows the U.S. National Home Price Index rose 3.6 percent in the second quarter. But it was still down 5…

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  • Aug 30, 2011

    Subprime rising

    Subprime rising

    Lenders are getting more comfortable with risk. That's the conclusion of a study by Experian, which found subprime borrowers are finding it easie…

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  • Aug 29, 2011

    China’s problem

    If there was any doubt that the global economy has bifurcated, it was removed by news from China today….

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  • Aug 29, 2011

    Data Points

    …all complete with open links, for your comfort!…

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  • Small businesses are hiring: survey

    A survey from Intuit reports today that small businesses have created 35,000 jobs so far this month….

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  • Consumer confidence still sliding

    Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped in August to the lowest level since November 2008.. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index…

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