Women

Shinzo Abe: "Japan cannot truly thrive in the 21st century unless all our citizens reach their fullest potential. The distance we have to travel to meet that goal is captured in one statistic: Although the percentage of Japanese women completing higher education exceeds that of most other developed countries, their rate of participation in the labor force is low." Read more...

Wall Street

Matt Levine: "Last month, we talked about Citigroup's lawsuit against Tormar Associates, which happened to be short a whole lot of Swiss francs the day that the Swiss franc went up a whole lot. ... Tormar has now filed its answer and counterclaim. Much of the dispute comes down to whether Citi had the right to liquidate Tormar's positions as quickly as it did." Read more...

Declassified

Eli Lake and Josh Rogin: "The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has been quietly pressing Republicans to oppose a series of pro-Israel amendments that lawmakers will try to add to the Iran legislation coming up for debate on the Senate floor next week. ... That is an awkward place to be for the largest pro-Israel lobby in Washington." Read more...

Tech

Justin Fox: "In February 2014, when Comcast said it planned to buy Time Warner Cable, an era of continued cable dominance still seemed likely. ... Not so much anymore." Read more...

Banking

Mark Gilbert: "There's a saying used to call the bluff of someone who threatens to flounce out of the room during an argument: 'Don't let the door hit your backside on the way out.' That sums up how the U.K. should react to HSBC's threat to move its headquarters to a different country." Read more...

2016 Elections

Margaret Carlson: "Extreme Makeover Hillary Clinton 2016 Edition began to sputter almost from the moment she formally announced her candidacy via a cameo in a video on April 12." Read more...

Jonathan Bernstein: "I could talk about boredom with politics as a sign of a more healthy and contented nation. ... Instead, I'll put on my political junkie hat and suggest several reasons to be excited for 2016." Read more...

China

Adam Minter: "Last weekend, Fosun International, China's largest private conglomerate, announced that it had acquired a minority stake in Cirque du Soleil. It seems like a clear win-win. But Cirque du Soleil's saga isn't over quite yet." Read more...

Ukraine Crisis

Leonid Bershidsky: "A month after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ostensibly defeated billionaire Igor Kolomoisky in a battle for control of a state-owned energy company, another oligarch is in his crosshairs: Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov." Read more...

Latin America

Mac Margolis: "Amid one of their worst outbreaks of dengue fever -- 460,000 people infected and 132 dead this year -- Brazilians are understandably jumpy." Read more...

News Roundup

Katie Benner (Read the news roundup)

• Xiaomi is turning to India with the launch of its new Mi 4i phone. Read more...
• Shorting private stocks would be good for the tech sector. Read more...
• Kleiner Perkins will waive the legal fees it could bill to Ellen Pao if she promises not to appeal her gender discrimination case. Read more...

Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup)

• Don't overpay for technology again: Read more...
• John Deere wants to destroy the very idea of ownership. Read more...
• Facebook and the Feed: Read more...

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