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Shooting the shorts (again)
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 12, 2011
You think the markets are going wild in the US? Things are so bad in Turkey, Greece and South Korea that regulators have curbed short sales....
Thornburg: The stock market is a drama queen
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 11, 2011
We wanted to know what you're thinking about all this market madness, but you're really hard to get on the phone!...
A preview of our live road show...
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 11, 2011
A preview for tomorrow's broadcast... We're going to go out on the road to see how real people are holding up what with the economic yo-yo-ing of...
OK, markets are up. But whither the economy?
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 11, 2011
US stock markets ended sharply higher today, setting the stage for more arguments between bears and bulls....
Market mayhem in an economic standstill
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 11, 2011
Are we in another crisis? The debate over the debt ceiling, and the subsequent downgrade of America's credit rating have sent the equity and bond...
Bargain hunters drive stocks higher
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 11, 2011
Warren Buffett may not have led the charge, but he was in the thick of the crowd of investors taking advantage of low share prices today....
Gold is a sneaky little item
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 11, 2011
The price of gold fell more than two percent today, as investors piled into the stock market seeking buying opportunities....
For public good, not for profit.
New Poet Laureate Philip Levine reads 'What Work Is'
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 10, 2011
The United States has a new poet laureate today. Philip Levine is his name. Born in Detroit, Levine's first job was on an assembly line there. We...
Apple becomes the most valuable publicly traded company -- for a few hours
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 9, 2011
This final note on the way out. There was a brief rip in the economic space time continuum today. Don't know if you felt it.
Long about mid-day,...