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Joel Patterson

Associate Producer, Marketplace Money

Joel Patterson joined the Marketplace Index team in November 2011.

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Life

Soaring rhetoric: 2012 commencement addresses

By Joel Patterson

June 08, 2012

Graduating students attend New York University's commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York City. — Mario Tama/Getty Image

With graduation in the air, here's a sampling of inspiring commencement speeches of 2012 featured in today's show.

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Life

ReMarket Podcast: Finding new angles

By Joel Patterson

May 25, 2012

This week, Marketplace Money went out into the field to conduct a story on "The Price is Right." — Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

From presidential posters to owls, we look back at some of the unique ways the Marketplace staff addressed the news this past week.

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Italian police seize $6 trillion in fake bonds

By Joel Patterson

February 17, 2012

In Switzerland, Italian police seized fake U.S. Treasury bonds with a face value of more than a third of the national debt. — Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Yep, that’s trillion with a “T”.

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Economy

Opportunity index hits record high

By Joel Patterson

February 16, 2012

A new index tells us the "opportunity" to own a home is at it's highest level in 20 years. So why aren't more of us buying? — Scott Olson/Getty Images

Regardless of positive spin, the housing picture in the U.S. is less than rosy.

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Business

Kellogg buys Pringles for $2.7 billion

By Joel Patterson

February 15, 2012

Pringles joins Kellogg's $13 billion-a-year supermarket snack-food empire. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The breakfast cereal king takes a shot at owning the between-meal-eating category as well.

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Economy

$5-per-gallon gas?

By Joel Patterson

February 14, 2012

It's only February and gas prices are already on the rise. At the current trajectory, summer could bring record highs at the pump.

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Economy

Getting vets working again

By Joel Patterson

February 13, 2012

National guardsman PFC. Yahya Shakur fills out a job application during a recent Veterans job fair in New York. Companies like GE and JP Morgan have made commitments to hiring vets in large numbers. — John Moore/Getty Images

With employment at 13 percent for U.S. veterans, big companies are starting initiatives to get them back to work in civilian life.

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Economy

Consumer sentiment slips

By Joel Patterson

February 10, 2012

Gas prices have risen 22 cents on average since the beginning of 2012. Reality-based tidbits like that go a long way to explaining a drop in consumer sentiment in the face of a rosy macroeconomic picture being painted in the media. — Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Macroeconomic signs point to a brighter future, but average Americans are still struggling with the basics.

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Economy

$25 billion foreclosure settlement announced

By Joel Patterson

February 09, 2012

President Obama announced the $25 billion home loan mortgage settlement alongside Attorney General Eric Holder (L) and Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). — SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Five big banks punished for illegal lending practices.

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Economy

Low job ‘churn’ hurting economic recovery

By Joel Patterson

February 08, 2012

Risk-averse Americans are less and less willing to quit their jobs in pursuit of a better fit.

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