Banking on a Trumpian Deal Bonanza? Not So Fast.
It’s all back on: That’s the natural interpretation of what a second Donald Trump presidency and Republican administration will mean for deal-making in the US. But mergers and acquisitions bankers…
Even Elected Officials Have First Amendment Rights
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Imagine a legislature in a deep-red state deciding that members who support abortion rights won’t be allowed to cast votes on any matter. Or a legislature in…
‘Advance tipping’ on ride-hailing apps is merely a symptom of lax law enforcement
In a post on X last week Pralhad Joshi wrote, “Forcing or nudging users to pay a tip in advance for faster service is unethical and exploitative," adding, “Tip is…
The US bond market: Getting ‘yippy’ again?
The offering was the government’s first auction of so-called coupon-bearing debt since Moody’s Ratings last Friday became the last of the three big credit assessors to strip the US of…
Strategic Doubt: It should inspire resilience, not spell paralysis
—Father Flynn, Doubt In John Patrick Shanley’s 2008 film Doubt, certainty and ambiguity collide in a moral thriller set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 New York. The story revolves around…
India has held off the Indus Waters Treaty with due legitimacy
While ‘abeyance’ lacks a formal status in international law, the closest corresponding legal concept is ‘suspension’ under Article 62 (1) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT).…