Leavers no longer expect an economic boost, but they still prefer to be out.
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Opinion
Politics & Policy
HNA’s Container Sale Is a Bet on Trump’s Trade Wars
Trump and Bolton Just Slammed the Door on Mideast Peace
Russian Hijacking of U.S. Tech Didn’t Start With Facebook
China Inc. Is Hurting for a Tax Cut
Keep Your Bitcoins in the Bank
The Rupee Is Falling and India Should Let It
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The NV vs Plc debate is a sideshow next to the risk of overpaying for a U.S. deal.
Even if they don't come in today’s iPhone launch, virtual SIMs look inevitable.
Viktor Orban’s government is testing the EU’s commitment to democracy. Isolating it isn’t the answer.
Selective choice of numbers makes the $6.7 billion acquisition appear too rosy
India should welcome rather than delay hard-currency offers like this.
Financial linkages mean trouble can spread from obscure corners.
Business
Unilever Dutch Row Misses the Danger of Pricey M&A;
CBS Is Finally Over the Moonves
Les Moonves Was Not a Good CEO
The Bloomberg View
The Editors
The Right Way to Handle Hungary’s Illiberalism
Viktor Orban’s government is testing the EU’s commitment to democracy. Isolating it isn’t the answer.
The Editors
The Center Retreats in Sweden
The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats gained ground in Sunday’s election.
The Editors
The Opioid Crisis Is Now a Fentanyl Crisis
Sixty percent of U.S. opioid deaths last year involved the potent painkiller. Congress and the White House need to act.
The Editors
Leave School Discipline Up to the Schools
Districts must be free to set the policies that work best for them.
Technology & Ideas
Apple Plans Another Death Blow to the Phone Carriers
Renesas's IDT Deal Looks Good. If You Don't Look Closely
Guangzhou’s 30-Year Journey
Economics
How American Women Help the Goldilocks Economy
They’re rejoining the workforce faster than men, aiding growth while keeping inflation in check.
Federal Reserve Policy Is Becoming Less Predictable
Chairman Jerome Powell isn’t married to the economic models endorsed by the central bank’s staff.
The Trade Slowdown Has Already Begun
As tariffs pile up, the world economy is starting to look holed below the waterline.
The Promise and Peril of South African Land Reform
Making farming more productive is the key to faster growth in developing nations.
Markets
Finance
Mittal's Good Essar Show Mired in Legal Farce
India should welcome rather than delay hard-currency offers like this.
Stop Obsessing About Countries’ Reliance on Foreign Financing
If emerging economies like Turkey face a crisis, it’s not because their debt is in another nation’s currency.
Things Keep Happening at Tesla
Also lending for IPOs, crisis-anniversary stuff, wire fraud and ETFs vs. CDS.
Deutsche Bank Can Afford to Lose HNA
The Chinese investor is said to be exiting. That's no bad thing.
Politics & Policy
The vote was a warning to centrists to do more to integrate immigrants.
The odds favor Democrats in the House and governors’ mansions. So expect October surprises.
Here’s what led Bloomberg Opinion coverage this week.
Looming deadlines have introduced a spirit of compromise. But it might be too late.
China’s far from desperate to reach a deal.
Here are Bloomberg Opinion’s top stories of the week.
The federal, state and local governments now employ a smaller share of the U.S. workforce than at any time since 1957.