published Apr 26th 2016, 8:11 am, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — Bank governance. James Surowiecki asks why, if the new U.S. rules requiring deferral of bankers’ pay are likely to reduce risk and improve bank performance, the banks didn’t just adopt similar rules themselves. After all, they want to avoid risk and make

Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIYZUU6K50YO (Bloomberg) — Japan said it was still working to free hostages held by Islamic State after the group’s deadline to execute the men passed, fueling concerns over their fate. The militant group had set a deadline of 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Tokyo to execute Japanese journalist