Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Are the Banks Out of the Woods?

Are the Banks Out of the Woods? WASHINGTON—A number of U.S. banks posted spectacular second-quarter earnings. Citigroup’s $4.3 billion, Financial institution of America’s $3.2 billion, Goldman Sachs’ $3.4 billion and JPMorgan Chase’s $2.7 billion are being touted as indicators that…

The Swiss Scapegoat

The Swiss Scapegoat GENEVA—Repercussions proceed to mount right here over the deal by which Switzerland will give the names of presumptive tax evaders to the U.S. authorities. I’m referring, after all, to Bern’s choice, below colossal strain from Washington, handy…

Warren Buffett’s Testomony

Warren Buffett’s Testomony WASHINGTON—Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, the fabled investor, has introduced the largest deal of his life: He’ll purchase the stake he doesn’t already personal in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the railroad operator, for $26.6 billion and assume the…

The Poisonous Tongue

The Poisonous Tongue WASHINGTON—Barack Obama, whose political fortunes are being overturned by a tide of nationwide frustration that started spreading earlier than he took workplace, has adopted a populist stance towards the mighty bankers. However his proposals towards the evils…

Paulson and the Worry Issue

Paulson and the Worry Issue WASHINGTON—There’s a second in former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s memoirs when—throughout a Capitol Hill dialogue over a monetary rescue plan—he succumbs to emphasize and suffers an assault of dry heaves in entrance of a U.S.…

Fabulous Fab

Fabulous Fab WASHINGTON—The world has been craving to place a reputation and a face to the monetary quackery. We’d like a flesh-and-blood criminal. The financial institution CEOs—grey, previous, predictable—weren’t sufficient. Bernie Madoff was an abhorrent byproduct, not a core participant.…

Stealth Protectionism

Stealth Protectionism WASHINGTON—We’ve heard each main world chief reject the notion that protectionism can be an applicable response to the monetary and financial debacle of 2007–08. And but the indicators are unmistakable: We’re coming into a protectionist period that doesn’t…

Hasta La Vista

Hasta La Vista WASHINGTON—A couple of weeks in the past, I shared with my colleagues at The Washington Put up Writers Group my want to discontinue writing my column due to some adjustments in my private life, about which extra in a…