Energy

The Editors: "If the Ukraine crisis has proved anything, it is that the European Union can't get Russia to play nice by trying to humor President Vladimir Putin. So though it was understandable for the EU to hold off on an anti-monopoly case against Gazprom when the conflict began last year, Wednesday's decision to go forward with it was overdue." Read more...

2016 Elections

Leonid Bershidsky: "The New York Times is probably making a mountain out of a molehill by wondering whether Hillary Clinton helped Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company, Rosatom, buy U.S.-based uranium mining assets when she was secretary of state. Even so, her sneakiness in not disclosing donations from investors in the acquired company is disturbing." Read more...

Jeanne Cummings: "Hillary Clinton just announced an ambitious 50-state grass-roots organizing plan. It's not surprising. President Barack Obama's e-mail list of 13 million supporters was viewed as a key to his reelection in 2012. ... What's less clear is whether Republican candidates will be positioned to achieve similar success." Read more...

Investing

Barry Ritholtz: "During the past few years, I have referred to market breadth as one of the more important metrics of the stock market's health. As we close in on new highs in the cumulative advance-decline line, it is time to revisit this internal indicator." Read more...

Law

Ramesh Ponnuru: "Abortion is just as legal in the states that recognize crimes against unborn children as it is in the minority of states that don't. And the strongest arguments that people make for legal abortion don't apply to these crimes." Read more...

India

Dhiraj Nayyar: "The apparent suicide of a distraught farmer at a well-attended rally in the heart of New Delhi has captivated the Indian political world. It may also herald the biggest crisis of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 11-month-old government." Read more...

Sports

Kavitha A. Davidson: "The Carson City Council has unanimously approved a plan to build a stadium that would house the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, marking pro football's return to Los Angeles. As is the case in most stadium deals, the vote was conducted in the shadows by politicians without any shred of perspective." Read more...

News Roundups

Katie Benner (Read the news roundup)

• Funding Circle, an online lending platform for small businesses, raised $150 million and is now valued at $1 billion. Read more...
• Jet.com hasn't yet kicked off, but Chief Revenue Officer Scott Hilton said more than 1 million customers will pay $50 a year to use the site by the end of this year. Read more...
• Uber caught a break in Brussels. Read more...

Ritholtz (Read the news roundup)

• Terrible advice I hope young people ignore: Read more...
• New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer pushes to give Wall Street more pension cash: Read more...
• Even as home values rise, negative equity rate flattens: Read more...

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