• Few Iranians are optimistic that Friday’s presidential election will turn around a dysfunctional economy. “Stop saying, ‘Death to America,’ make amends with the world and foreign investors and jobs will come,” a honey and saffron trader said.

• More trouble for Volkswagen: Prosecutors in Germany are investigating payments to a labor union leader on the company’s supervisory board.

• Valeriya Gontareva closed half of Ukraine’s private banks as governor of the central bank. She discussed her plans after stepping down: Never be a bureaucrat again.

• Google is transforming U.S. public education with low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving it more than they are getting.

• You may not want to hear it right now: Buying individual stocks can be hazardous to your financial health.

• Here’s a snapshot of global markets.