Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL’s) unexpected 1-for-1 bonus issue, which chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled at the company’s 40th annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday, gave a further boost to shares that are already the second-best performing this year on India’s benchmark index. What’s interesting about the announcement, however, is the timing. The last time India’s most-valuable company gave one free share …

Why is Chuck Schumer doing Donald Trump a favor? The Senate minority leader’s delaying tactics for the president’s nominees are not only uncalled for, but they also distract from the White House’s historic ineptitude at filling the senior ranks of government. So far, the Trump administration has made 163 fewer nominations than former President Barack Obama at the same point, …

On the ground in Iraq and Syria, IS is on the brink of military defeat. Online, however, the group continues to incite its followers to violence, and victory there will take the same kind of sustained effort that anti-terrorist forces brought to the battlefield. The foremost challenge is to identify individuals susceptible to the terrorists’ messages and intervene before they’re …