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FEBRUARY 24, 2015 bloombergview.com

DECLASSIFIED Eli Lake and Josh Rogin: "For anyone hoping a nuclear deal with Iran might stop the Tehran government from destabilizing the Middle East or free its political prisoners, the Barack Obama administration has some bad news: It's just an arms-control agreement." Read more... EUROPE Leonid Bershidsky: "Contrary to all that's been said about Germany's uncompromising stand on helping Greece, Berlin showed today that it's willing to give the far-left government of Alexis Tsipras a chance." Read more... FEDERAL RESERVE Mohamed A. El-Erian: "Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is one of three major central bankers who will appear before their national legislatures this week. In her two-day semi-annual monetary policy testimony that starts today, she will endeavor to deploy a careful mix of offense and defense." Read more... CARS Edward Niedermeyer: "The biggest automotive story of 2014 was, without a doubt, Google's reveal of its first self-driving car prototype. ... Now, with a flood of news heralding Apple's move into the electric-vehicle market, it seems Silicon Valley's invasion of the auto sector is becoming a full-blown assault." Read more... HEALTH CARE The Editors: "Is it smart to impose a sin tax on soda? ... It deserves a try -- ideally by city and state governments." Read more... ELECTIONS Francis Barry: "If Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wins enough votes today to avoid a runoff election in April, he may owe a special thanks to a group he has spent much of his career antagonizing: Republicans." Read more... RETIREMENT Megan McArdle: "New York City is contemplating setting up a pension plan for private workers." Read more... INVESTING Barry Ritholtz: "I wanted to spend a bit of time on the Labor Department's proposal to place a fiduciary obligation on those who manage or provide investment advice on retirement plans." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Roadie is a delivery startup that asks us to entrust our packages with traveling college students who can use Waffle Houses as pickup and drop-off points: Read more... A report by the Belgian Data Protection Authority says Facebook's privacy policies violate European privacy law: Read more... Twitter is in favor of net neutrality: Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) Four reasons to boost your foreign-stock exposure: Read more... Meet the Wall Street refugees running Freddie Mac's bond trades: Read more... Women are leaving the tech industry in droves: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Jonathan Ladd at Mischiefs of Faction on a better way to rate presidents:Read more... Kevin Drum at Mother Jones on gotcha questions: Read more... National Journal's Lauren Fox on what some conservatives are thinking on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill: Read more... MONEY STUFF Want Matt Levine's newsletter? Sign up...