Editorials

The scandal over the manipulation of Libor has the potential to become one of the most costly and consequential in the... READ MORE

The U.S. presidential campaign seems to have time-traveled back to 1992, when independent candidate Ross Perot thought... READ MORE

Expect some “sky is falling” headlines on Friday when China releases its most recent figures on economic growth,... READ MORE

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have gotten what he wanted from the committee he named to explore ways... READ MORE

The president proposes and Congress disposes. Or so generations of schoolchildren have been taught. As events this week... READ MORE

Until recently, respectable opinion frowned on all barriers to money flowing across borders. Today, the old thinking has... READ MORE

Public health professionals have warned about drug-resistant tuberculosis for years. Now comes news out of India and... READ MORE

Is the “individual mandate” in President Barack Obama’s health-care law a penalty, or is it a tax? Through a series of... READ MORE

By Japanese standards, the report released Thursday by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation... READ MORE

Today’s dismal jobs report is another sobering reminder that the U.S. economy is stuck, if not headed in reverse. READ MORE

If anyone could get Robert Diamond, the former chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, to explain the Libor-fixing... READ MORE

Libya holds its first free elections in almost 50 years on Saturday. Prepare to be confused, and try not to be too... READ MORE