Regional elections are often dull and predictable. Unfortunately for President Vladimir Putin, the ones in Russia will be neither, when the world’s largest country goes to the polls. The dramatic poisoning of opposition campaigner Alexey Navalny adds to a string of events that will make it harder than ever for the Kremlin to guarantee its desired results. A dress rehearsal ...

At last we have at least a partial explanation for why Tesla Inc’s stock gained 500% this year: Massive bets on high-flying technology shares by SoftBank Group Corp and others using equity derivatives. The extraordinary rise valued Elon Musk’s electric car business at $464 billion at the peak in late August, when only six US companies were worth more. Unfortunately ...

New York City (NYC), the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, and the largest public school district planning to begin at least some in-person instruction, has botched its reopening plans for the fall. Its mistakes are a cautionary tale for school systems across the US that are struggling to balance the benefits of resuming their educational programs against the ...