Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard.
Some good news on international trade from Egypt, home of the Suez Canal….
Almost 46 million Americans are on food stamps now. That's up 74 percent since 2007, according to Reuters. Bad news for Americans, and bad news for…
I'm still on the fence on the issue of whether we should spend our way out of the economic doldrums or cut back and save, to prevent even more…
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…
Many American companies don't what you to know how many jobs they create (or destroy) here, compared to how many they create abroad. The Washing…
A "long-held rule in the marketplace" is that an ounce of gold, historically, has been able to buy a decent suit….
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…
