
Lundberg Says U.S. Gasoline to Extend Slump on Crude’s Rout
©2015 Bloomberg News NTJZCF6KLVR5 (Bloomberg) — U.S. gasoline prices at the pump will extend a decline after crude oil tumbled to a six-year low, said Trilby Lundberg, the president of Lundberg Survey Inc. “Retail price cuts are in the cards” for gasoline, Lundberg said Sunday in a telephone interview. “It

Islamic State’s Attempt to Push Egypt Into Chaos: Noah Feldman
©2015 Bloomberg View NTE4K26S972I (Bloomberg View) — Who is blowing up Egypt? Thursday’s car bombing in Cairo, which destroyed a national security force building and injured dozens, will be just a blip on the international headlines. But the bombing, along with a string of similar attacks, matters existentially in Egypt,

Global Correction Seen as U.S. Stocks Succumb to Broad Selloff
©2015 Bloomberg News NTES5Y6K50XU (Bloomberg) — Currency and equity markets from Hong Kong to Johannesburg and Istanbul were already faltering. Then U.S. stocks joined in. The stresses that have been building in global markets roared ashore in America Thursday as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index tumbled the most in

Huckabee Hunts for Funds, Support in Israeli West Bank Settlement
©2015 Bloomberg News NTCAKS6JTSEB (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is seeking funds and support in a community the U.S. and virtually every other country in the world condemns as an impediment to peace. The former Arkansas governor and Fox News commentator held a fundraising event Tuesday in the Israeli

China Wants Great Power, Not Great Responsibility: William Pesek
©2015 Bloomberg View NTCNS86KLVRF (Bloomberg View) — Forty-three years after Richard Nixon made his famous visit to China, that country has seemingly decided to take a page from the former U.S. president’s Treasury Department. As China lowers the value of the yuan, the country’s economic policy makers are mimicking the

*Four Rapes an Hour in India Stoke Personal Protection App Sales
©2015 Bloomberg News NTBR9T6K50XU (For India companies column alerts: SALT INCOL ) (Bloomberg) — Sasha Singh was driving home alone from a wedding on the outskirts of New Delhi late one night in November when a tire blew. Three young men offered to help, but Singh found them unsettling. When

Underestimating Ted Cruz? That’s a Mistake: Albert R. Hunt
©2015 Bloomberg View NTAP7L6S972M (Bloomberg View) — Ted Cruz is a man with a plan. The Republican presidential candidate, bete noire of his party’s establishment, has carefully calculated a path to becoming the right-wing standard-bearer. That makes him the most underestimated candidate in the field. Cruz is rising in some

Republicans Sketch Obamacare Alternative, Finally: Megan McArdle
©2015 Bloomberg View NTAPZA6JTSEB (Bloomberg View) — Republicans have been saying “repeal and replace Obamacare” for so long that it has started to sound like one of those ceremonial phrases that drop out automatically at opportune moments, like “hellohowareyou” or “thankyouhaveaniceday.” The party has conspicuously failed to actually coalesce around a plausible

Clinton’s Lesson in Politics for Activists: Jonathan Bernstein
©2015 Bloomberg View NTAN0H6JTSEB (Bloomberg View) — When Black Lives Matter activists confronted Hillary Clinton last week, she argued: Look, I don’t believe you change hearts. I believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. You’re not gonna change every heart. You’re not.

Donald Trump Is Republican Policy Nightmare: Francis Wilkinson
©2015 Bloomberg View NT8W7I6KLVRA (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump has an immigration policy. It’s based on dubious assertions and would be fabulously expensive, but as a statement of goals it’s largely coherent. And it may mark a very, very dangerous turning point in the Republican presidential primary. There are two main facets