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Kai Ryssdal, live in five... four... three...

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
Kai writes... Let me just tell you right out -- I am biased. But I think there's really no better place in Southern California to talk about the...
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Two more voices from Commerce about the state of our economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 12, 2011
A final thought on the way out of Commerce this Friday, about the topic du jour: The real economy and when it might get better. Since the expert...
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Waiter, waiter! There's a recession in my salad!

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
New York grocer Zabar's busted subbing crawfish in so-called lobster salad. What's next, tilapia in the lox?
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A.I.

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
The stock market's fastest electronic firms boosted trading threefold during the rout of August 1-10, Bloomberg reports. Gary Wedbush, executive...
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Putting the market in its place

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
John Hailer, president of Natixis Asset Management, tells Marketplace's Heidi Moore he doesn't think the stock market is an indicator of the U.S....
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Banks are jumpin' and the market is high

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
Bank of America, Citi, Wells, RBS, up, up, UP! Shares in banking companies sashayed higher today ... and no-one could really explain why. Many o...
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Majority of execs expect business environment to deteriorate

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
Executives who think business conditions will worsen exceed those who are optimistic, as illustrated by The Economist's Daily Chart. In May, a...
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Most Americans think worst is yet to come for economy

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
Americans' pessimism about the economy is at its highest this year, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll. Of adults surveyed, 68 percent said the...
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The short end of the stick

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
The volatility in global markets has claimed is usual victim: the short seller....
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Asia's up

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
Or most of it, at least. At noon in Hong Kong, both the Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite were up more than one percent. The Nikkei was down...
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