Share the View: A Deal With the Taliban?

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 bloombergview.com

WAR The Editors: "The Afghan government and the Taliban are reportedly open to renewing peace talks, which is indisputably good news. The next question is, can they come to any useful agreement? The surprising answer: Maybe." Read more... COMPANIES Justin Fox: "Charlie Ergen should get a lot more attention than he does. ... Ergen is the co-founder, majority owner and chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network and its much smaller manufacturing and commercial-services sibling EchoStar." Read more... Megan McArdle: "If you've got a Costco American Express card, things will be getting a little roomier in your wallet next year. ... It's fair to say that this has been a terrible month for American Express." Read more... WORK Barry Ritholtz: "Last week, we learned that Wal-Mart was giving the lowest paid of its hourly employees a raise." Why? "The Wal-Mart business model is broken." Read more... POLITICS Francis Wilkinson: "Is our House Republicans learning? The Republican Conference is preparing for a key test later this week, when funding for the Department of Homeland Security runs out." Read more... Jonathan Bernstein: "We've had a terrific demonstration over the last week or so of why the belief in liberal media bias is so strong. ... Most bias has to do with the industry's norms." Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: "The National Football League has quietly announced that it is suspending a pilot program to track player concussions with helmet sensors." Read more... CURRENCY Leonid Bershidsky: "All five of the world's worst-performing currencies so far this year are post-Soviet ones -- and that list doesn't include the Russian ruble." Read more...