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MARCH 6, 2015 bloombergview.com

FOREIGN POLICY The Editors: "In the afterglow of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fiery speech to Congress, the Republican-controlled Senate is feeling its oats on foreign policy. Senators should be careful not to undermine President Barack Obama's negotiations with Iran." Read more... WALL STREET Matt Levine: "I had sort of hoped that Berkshire Hathaway, which once claimed to have issued the world's first negative-coupon bonds, would issue actual negative-interest bonds this week, but it was not to be." Read more... DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin and Eli Lake: "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for some of her private e-mails to be publicly disclosed won't placate her critics, especially Republicans on the House special committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, who now demand access to far more information." Read more... TAXES Megan McArdle: "There's one thing you personally can do to fight tax fraud, and that's make sure that you don't give the government more money than you have to." Read more... POLITICS Jonathan Bernstein: "The polls are setting Republican politicians up for foreign-policy trouble. Let's see which of them has really learned from Ronald Reagan, because they should all be studying his example right now."Read more... Jeanne Cummings: The message coming from Patriotic Millionaires, a coalition of wealthy American progressives, "echoes the case that member Nick Hanauer has been making in print and television appearances in recent years: 'Smart capitalists' know that good wages help the economy."Read more... TECH Katie Benner: "Formation 8 is an interesting experiment. The venture firm has deep connections in Silicon Valley and Asia, which it hopes can give it an edge over others racing to cash in on the tech boom in both locales." Read more... Cass R. Sunstein: "The controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail account while serving as secretary of state raises issues that go beyond partisan positioning and any single official. The issue involves the arcane area of records management and its complicated role in the era of electronic communications." Read more... Leonid Bershidsky: "The incredibly tech-savvy Estonian government does its best to develop the startup scene. ... Still, on the whole, few Estonian tech companies have managed to draw venture capitalists' attention and attract major funding." Read more... FERGUSON Stephen L. Carter: "The Justice Department report released Wednesday on police practices in Ferguson, Missouri, makes agonizing reading -- and not only because of its careful documentation of both patterns and specific instances of racial discrimination by law enforcement in that troubled city. An important subtext is that many of the problems stem from a decision made by politicians to treat the police department as a cash cow." Read more... COMPANIES Justin Fox: "Jeff Immelt, the chief executive officer of General Electric, is going to retire. It could even happen this year! It could also happen next year. It could happen the year after that. ... I think this is about the current state of outside knowledge on the succession process at GE." Read more... ASIAN ECONOMY William Pesek: "Sorry, but can anyone provide a good reason why Sharp should still be in business?" Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: "The Major League Soccer season will kick off Friday after all, with the league and the players' union narrowly avoiding a strike by agreeing in principle to a new collective bargaining agreement. ... It works in everyone's favor that the growing league managed to avoid what could have been a disastrous work stoppage." Read more...