A Chiseler As Well As A Deadbeat

February 13, 2013

Investors fishing for returns in Argentina recall the old joke about a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

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Argentine Kleptomania Strikes Again

May 3, 2012

Argentina’s seizure of Spanish-owned energy assets is a warning to other multinationals: Don’t expect any better treatment.

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Falklands Still A Hot Spot In A Cold Southern Ocean

January 25, 2012

The Falklands are still a global hot spot. The U.S. and Brazil could get dragged into the long-running Anglo-Argentine dispute.

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A Financial Thunderstorm, Not A Hurricane

May 5, 2010

The Greek financial crisis sent markets around the world reeling yesterday, as the soothing effects of the Eurozone’s $143 billion bailout package wore off after just one business day. If Greece falls, and then perhaps Portugal, will we be looking at the sort of global paralysis that set in when the Bear Stearns domino hit the Lehman Brothers domino, which hit Merrill Lynch, which hit American International Group, ad infinitum? …

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Going Where The Money Is

January 15, 2010

Question: What do Willie Sutton, Cristina Kirchner and Barack Obama have in common? Answer: They all target banks, because that’s where the money is. Question: Of the three, who is the only one to make peace with the bankers? Answer: Sutton, the career criminal. Before he died in 1980, he made a television commercial for New Britain Bank and Trust Co., promoting the bank’s credit card that included a photo …

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