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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Economy

Thirty thousand people pay for bank’s sins

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 11:00 AM Sep 12, 2011
1

Somewhere, there’s a person wondering how they’re going to pay the mortgage, send the kids to college, and put food on the table when the unemployment checks run out.

That person is not named Ken Lewis.

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The search for big ideas

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 1:23 PM Sep 8, 2011
6

To the extent we’re running short of jobs right now, perhaps it’s because we’re tapped out on big ideas.

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Are we making ‘bad’ worse?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 9:02 AM Aug 30, 2011
4

Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in more than two years. Is that partially the media’s and politicians’ fault?

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Fed provided $1.2 trillion in loans to big banks

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg August 22, 2011, 10:29 AM Aug 22, 2011
5

Fed loans to big banks dwarf public bailout

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To wake or not to wake

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg August 15, 2011, 11:45 AM Aug 15, 2011

Tourists are taking heat for ruining Sterns County lakeshore.

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Bootstraps for breakfast

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg August 15, 2011, 8:49 AM Aug 15, 2011
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UK poised to follow Los Angeles-styled policing after riots.

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PR battle for the face of a strike

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2011, 2:35 PM Aug 12, 2011
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What’s the face of an American Crystal Sugar Company worker these days?

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What do the faces of stock traders tell us?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2011, 12:43 PM Aug 10, 2011
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Pick the stock traders below who were working on days the market dropped.

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How to embarrass a looter

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg August 9, 2011, 3:04 PM Aug 9, 2011

A Tumblr blog of crowd-sourced edited images that make looters look ridiculous has surfaced.

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Decision time for little cogs in the big global economic machine?

David CazaresDavid Cazares August 9, 2011, 12:04 PM Aug 9, 2011

From Jeff Jones of APM’s Public Insight Network: There’s a sense this week that everything’s changing again with the economy, and it’s either time to make a big decision or put off that big decision. MPR’s Public Insight Network is hearing from people reacting to the stock market turmoil. Here’s an audio montage they produced Read more →

Why context matters

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 2:19 PM Aug 8, 2011
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Finding examples of poor journalism is like shooting fish in a barrel today, what with the stock market meltdown and all.

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Market meltdown: Stock traders looking worried

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 11:24 AM Aug 8, 2011
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One question: If the stock market is so all-fire important to everyone, how come news organizations can only figure out one kind of photograph when covering it?

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Is the news media making the market meltdown worse?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 11:05 AM Aug 8, 2011
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Is the media properly reporting the gloom, or adding to it?

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How to lose a quick $1.5 million

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2011, 3:05 PM Aug 4, 2011
4

Timing is everything.

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The view from the ledge

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2011, 1:30 PM Aug 4, 2011
3

There’s something terribly wrong if I’m the half-full guy around here.

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