published May 31st 2016, 4:54 pm, by Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff during her time as secretary of state, Cheryl Mills, said she simply never thought about the prospect that some of Clinton’s private e-mail exchanges wouldn’t be retained under federal records laws. “I wish I

published May 30th 2016, 1:00 am, by Mark Whitehouse (Bloomberg View) — Greece and its creditors may have averted a crisis by agreeing on the release of another dose of bailout money, but the deal does little to address a deeper problem: Europeans still don’t want to put their money

published May 30th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Pankaj Mishra (Bloomberg View) —In Austria last month, nearly half of the electorate voted for the presidential candidate of a party set up by former Nazis. The politics of fear unequivocally triumphed in Assam, a state in India’s northeast, where Prime Minister Narendra

published May 30th 2016, 5:48 pm, by Elizabeth Campbell (Bloomberg) —Illinois lawmakers overrode Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a law that gives Chicago a partial break on its pension payments to police and fire retirement funds. The House followed the Senate’s vote Monday to nix the veto. Rauner, a first-term

published May 26th 2016, 1:22 pm, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg View) — The just-published book “Concrete Economics,” by University of California-Berkeley professors Brad DeLong and Stephen S. Cohen, needs an expanded sequel — 900 pages long, with charts, data, theory and an exhaustive list of historical case studies. That book

published May 26th 2016, 11:33 am, by Shira Ovide (Bloomberg) — Coming to a multiplex cinema near you, for the last 15 years: Big tech company swoops in to rescue a damsel-in-distress media company. Too bad it’s a meet cute that makes little sense. In a world where the lines

published May 26th 2016, 4:27 pm, by Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would rescind “job-destroying” Obama administration environmental actions within 100 days of taking office and cancel a landmark international climate deal reached last year in Paris. “His policy is death by a thousand

published May 25th 2016, 4:42 pm, by Terrence Dopp (Bloomberg) — Bernie Sanders is turning to marijuana to bolster his credentials in California ahead of the crucial Democratic primary there. The Vermont senator told a rally in beach-front Santa Monica that he would vote yes on an initiative proposed for

published May 25th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Ladane Nasseri and Glen Carey (Bloomberg) —Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop the Iran nuclear deal from being signed. Plan B is to limit Iran’s ability to reap its benefits. QuickTake Iran’s Nuclear Program The kingdom is mobilizing its Gulf allies to make sure that,

published May 25th 2016, 3:29 pm, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks posted the strongest two-day rally in nearly three months, as signs of a stronger economy spurred speculation it can withstand higher interest rates. Banks in the S&P 500 led Wednesday’s move, reaching their highest level since Jan.