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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 13, 2015 bloombergview.com

TECH The Editors: "Although tax day in the U.S. is still two months away, a few enterprising businessmen have been busy filing returns to the Internal Revenue Service. Unfortunately, their business is fraud." Read more... EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mohamed A. El-Erian: "This week, three sets of meetings sought to defuse three distinct threats to the global economy. All of the gatherings featured suspenseful atmospheres, dramatic posturing and some public tantrums." Read more... CLIMATE CHANGE Mark Buchanan: "Barack Obama's administration wants to spend more than $10 billion to spur renewable energy development -- a move that has been cast as an important step toward sharing the burden of combating global climate change. But what if it isn't really a burden at all?" Read more... GUNS @fdwilkinson (Francis Wilkinson): 2/3 of Vermont voters backed Obama in '12. Why can't they pass a basic background check law? Read more... CARS Edward Niedermeyer: "The Tesla Model S P85D's 'Insane Mode' has become famous in recent weeks, thanks to a viral video depicting unsuspecting passengers in the clutches of its silent, accelerative fury. Tesla's stock, on the other hand, is experiencing something far more similar to actual insanity." Read more... MONEY Mark Gilbert: "We're in an Alice-in-Wonderland world of negative bond yields, with investors currently willing to pay for the privilege of lending money to governments." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) How a tweet blew up Justine Sacco's career: Read more... FitBit users are getting rashes (again): Read more... Now Facebook users can pick a "legacy contact" who can manage a user's account after he or she dies: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Very nice post from Peter Hanson at Mischiefs of Faction about politicians (and other practitioners) as informants: Read more... No, Vermont isn't going to horn in on New Hampshire's presidential primary: Read more... Jillian Schwedler at the Monkey Cage writes about "radicals" and "moderates" in Islam -- and as concepts in the academic study of Islam:Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) Why the bond bull market isn't over: Read more... Cry me a river that leads to Omaha: Read more... These factors "wreaked havoc" in our bet against Buffett: Read more...