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Paul Kangas is the Miami-based co-anchor and financial commentator for public television's Nightly Business Report and television's leading provider of daily stock market information. A former stockbroker with more than 12 years experience, Kangas joined Nightly Business Report when it began as a local program on Miami's public television station, WPBT2, in 1979.

In addition to delivering the daily market summaries, Kangas conducts each Friday the "Market Monitor" interview with noted market observers. He is known for his fast-paced delivery, sharp wit and encyclopedic knowledge of the financial markets.

In 2003, Kangas' signature segment, "Stocks in the News," won a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University as "best broadcast feature or series useful to investors."

The media has noticed and praised Kangas for his expertise. The Detroit Free Press has dubbed him "the Walter Cronkite of business broadcasting" and the Village Voice has noted that Kangas is "not content to merely rattle off stocks and prices." Analysis is a key part of his presentation. Utilizing his extensive contacts on Wall Street, he has earned a reputation for ferreting out the hidden reasons behind stock moves. This prompted TV Guide to praise his "fine stock market coverage" and the Miami Review to comment: "How would brokers answer their clients' questions about the market without watching Paul Kangas' summaries?"

Kangas began his career in business broadcasting at the Miami CBS Radio affiliate, WINZ. He was actually a stock broker at the time, but his biggest client owned the station and asked Kangas to do a stock market wrap-up segment. He gave up his work in the stock market when he joined Nightly Business Report in 1979.

In addition to his duties for Nightly Business Report, from 1985-1989, Kangas hosted a five-minute weekly wrap-up of U.S. financial markets for distribution on cable television in Germany (originating in Munich and Dusseldorf). The segment was part of a program entitled Economic Magazine and was distributed by Handelsblatt, the business news publications group.

Kangas also previously authored a syndicated weekly column in Cox Newspapers. He is a frequent speaker to seminar and convention groups.

Kangas was born in Houghton, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He earned his brokers license after studying at New York University's Graduate School of Business.

An avid golfer and ham radio enthusiast, Kangas and his wife, Peni, live in Miami.

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