Bloomberg When a colleague from Zuzana Caputova’s little-known political party suggested she run for president last year, she thought the idea absurd. But then the murder of a journalist friend — an act that launched Slovakia’s biggest protests since the fall of communism — made it personal. The former NGO lawyer ran and won by a landslide, and now she’s ...

It is astonishing that, even though the global financial crisis occurred a decade ago, we do not yet have a clear and convincing explanation of its basic cause. To be sure, theories abound. Liberals blame Wall Street greed and lax government oversight. The conservatives’ villain is the government’s aggressive promotion of homeownership, which flooded the economy with bad mortgages. Although ...

Tesla Inc.’s stock is back in its $260-$270 hot-zone again April 11, falling on news that a key supplier is taking things down a notch. Panasonic Corp. and Tesla are reportedly “tempering expansion plans” at the Gigafactory, the giant facility in Nevada that produces battery packs for the electric vehicle-maker. Panasonic supplies batteries and has invested heavily in the plant, ...