Share the View 2: Hillary's Pricey E-Mails

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MARCH 10, 2015 bloombergview.com

2016 ELECTIONS The Editors: "The relentless controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton's use of e-mail during her time as secretary of state raises a question: If her candidacy for president (not yet announced, but widely assumed) falters or implodes -- as sometimes happens to front-runners -- will her party have an alternative? For voters' sake, the answer should be yes." Read more... DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin and Eli Lake: "The State Department is beginning to sort through more than 55,000 pages of e-mails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary that she handed over late last year, sticking taxpayers with additional costs that could reach into the millions." Read more... FOREIGN POLICY Marc Champion: In reading the letter from 47 U.S. Republican senators to Iran about a potential nuclear deal, "it's important to remember where we are -- at the end of more than a year of negotiations in the latest attempt to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program." Read more... MIDDLE EAST Mohamed A. El-Erian: "With bad news generating many of the headlines from the Middle East, it has been easy to miss the ongoing transformation of the Egyptian economy." Read more... LAW Cass R. Sunstein: "Is law just a form of politics? Is the Supreme Court highly politicized?" Read more... BANKING Mark Gilbert: Investment banking "is trying to shed its casino image. ... So today's news that Credit Suisse is hiring Tidjane Thiam from Prudential Plc to replace Brady Dougan as chief executive officer is a welcome affirmation that banking is becoming more boring." Read more... WOMEN Paula Dwyer: "On Friday, Germany joined Norway, France, Spain and a growing list of other countries requiring corporations to meet a quota for women board members. ... Placing more women on boards is good for business -- except when it's done by quota." Read more... INVESTING Barry Ritholtz: "The gold narrative has failed. The promised hyperinflation that was supposed to send gold soaring never arrived. Instead, we had disinflation, with a threat of global deflation." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) The six-year bull market in five charts: Read more... Apple Watch won't rescue gold bugs: Read more... A mystery in hedge fund investing: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) At the Monkey Cage, Maria Snegovaya suggests a better way of looking at Russia: Read more... Julia Azari at Mischiefs of Faction on transparency and the Clinton e-mails: Read more... I suppose this is necessary: The Upshot's Nate Cohn explains why Hillary Clinton shouldn't be considered a general election favorite: Read more... Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Starboard, the activist hedge fund that's been dogging Yahoo, is back with more demands of the company's management team: Read more... Ellen Pao kicked off what could be days of testimony in her trial against Kleiner Perkins: Read more... ClassPass is like a more elegant Groupon that could have a big, negative impact on the companies with which it partners: Read more...