Phillip Blanchard

Sentimental judgment. And a contest on consumer confidence.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment declined to 82.7 in June from 84.5 the prior month [...]
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Undercaffeinated reporting: Clearing up coffee market confusion
Coffee futures fell to the lowest since September 2009 on increasing supplies from Brazil, the world’s largest producer. (Bloomberg) Roya is [...]
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Eenie meenie chili beanie: No news was big news for Buffett
Even with the addition of a hedge fund manager meant to inject additional skepticism into Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual meeting, Warren E. Buffett managed [...]
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Beware of Bitcoin: Virtual coin, really hard to describe
Beware of bitcoin Bitcoin* is all the rage. It’s extraordinarily difficult to write about because no one – including its [...]
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Plagiarism sins: Who you calling ‘strident’?
Although some strident voices clamor for a zero-tolerance policy on plagiarism — termination at first blush — that is not [...]
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