Opinion

  It has been a good few months for Wall Street debt traders. Credit-trading profits surged in the three months ended June 30. And based on recent market activity, fixed-income revenues are still coming in strong. Consider that US investment-grade and high-yield bond trading volumes have risen to record levels since the beginning of July compared with previous periods. The …

  Israel has deployed a new strategy to hamper aid works in Gaza. It has been levelling myriad accusations against international NGOs and aid workers to make Gazans’ life more miserable. Israel accused that one of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) staff helped Hamas fighters in Gaza. Israel charged engineer Waheed Borsh with diverting aid to Hamas, particularly by using …

  Regulatory reform was a big part of Donald Trump’s major economic address yesterday, which offered three proposals to reduce excessive regulation. The problem is serious. The proposals aren’t. First, Trump calls for a temporary moratorium on all federal regulations. For starters, that would be unlawful. Congress has required executive agencies to issue regulations involving air pollution, food safety, consumer …

  Chris Bryant When Eon said almost two years ago it would split in two — separating its traditional business of generating power into a new company, to leave it with renewables and electricity grids — the embattled German utility seemed on the cusp of fresh start. The 3 billion-euro ($3.4 billion) first-half net loss Eon posted on Wednesday shows …

  For 32 years, a group of Republican and Democratic foreign-policy experts has gathered here each summer to debate strategic issues facing the country. This year the bipartisan group had a strange imbalance: None of the Republicans was prepared to argue the case of the GOP nominee, Donald Trump. Trump would probably be pleased to know that he failed to …

  Donald Trump did it again. He kicked up yet another controversy. This time over his reckless comments interpreted by some as a threat of violence against presidential campaign rival Hillary Clinton. Trump comment at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, about ‘Second Amendment people’ stopping a President Hillary Clinton from appointing judges has been blasted. He accused Hillary Clinton …

  Vivint Solar was on fire. Think of this as a sudden flare rather than the start of a long, balmy afternoon, though. There’s no doubt the distributed solar-power company’s second-quarter results, released on Monday, took the market by storm. But context is all, and you don’t have to go back too far in Vivint’s history to get that context. …

  It’s hard to overstate the amount of money that has been rushing into the debt of developing nations. The biggest exchange-traded fund focused on emerging-markets bonds has almost doubled its assets this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Dollar-denominated debt of developing economies is poised for its best annual return since 2009. Yields on the debt have dropped to …

  Europe’s banks have had a rough year: Their stock prices have fallen so low that some observers wonder whether they are viable in their current form. Yet the most commonly proposed solution — a true banking union — is also deeply flawed. The euro area’s banking system faces numerous difficulties. These include economic growth that seems to be permanently …

  Tara Lachapelle On Sunday evening, John Oliver bemoaned the struggle of the newspaper industry. On Monday evening, News Corp. embodied it. The $7.5 billion publishing company controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch reported fourth-quarter results that drew a dull response from investors. While total company revenue beat estimates, advertising sales fell 5 percent and profit was below expectations. The stock …