published Jul 9th 2017, 3:00 pm, by James Mayger (Bloomberg) —While the latest data shows that the number of Japanese shrank by a record in 2016, the demographic picture isn’t quite so bleak when you include the growing ranks of foreigners. There are now 2.3 million foreigners resident in Japan.

published Jul 9th 2017, 5:06 pm, by Mark Niquette and Nick Wadhams (Bloomberg) —Home from the Group of 20 meeting in Germany, President Donald Trump tweeted that he’d discussed creating a cyber security unit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — drawing howls of criticism from fellow Republicans as well as

published Jul 6th 2017, 2:37 pm, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) —Among gunshot survivors, 51-year-old House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is an outlier. Such victims are more likely to be low-earning black men between the ages of 15 and 24. Scalise, who is white, does share one fundamental characteristic with these younger men: Being shot means

  published Jul 3rd 2017, 10:28 pm, by Kartikay Mehrotra (Bloomberg) — The Justice Department asked critics of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to leave questions about the scope of the immigration restrictions to the U.S. Supreme Court. The State of Hawaii is challenging the government’s enforcement of the administration’s

published Jul 6th 2017, 1:09 pm, by Margaret Talev and Toluse Olorunnipa (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump told a Warsaw crowd Thursday that Western nations must stand up to the twin evils of terrorism and stifling government bureaucracies that squelch individual liberty — or risk perishing from the Earth. In a

It is so critical when shaping the future of your career (or your kids) that we all understand the importance of passion. More often than not passion can drive profit. Not just in terms of financials, but also being fulfilled in life, and you can do it together! This article

published Jul 5th 2017, 4:10 pm, by Wojciech Moskwa (Bloomberg) —Poland’s government agreed to buy the Patriot missile defense system from the U.S., Polish state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday as President Donald Trump started his 16-hour visit to Warsaw. In March, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said he

published Jul 5th 2017, 8:46 pm, by Susanne Barton and Ranjeetha Pakiam (Bloomberg) —For top gold forecaster BNP Paribas SA, bullion bulls are up against a clear and present danger — the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank’s plan to raise interest rates again this year while potentially reducing its

published Jul 5th 2017, 4:50 pm, by Nick Wadhams and Kambiz Foroohar (Bloomberg) —The U.S. threatened trade ties with countries that continue to do business with North Korea following Pyongyang’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a warning to China and other nations the administration says aren’t doing enough to

  published Jul 3rd 2017, 1:00 am, by Mohamed A. El-Erian (Bloomberg View) — With attractive returns such as haven’t been seen for quite a few years, investors in global stock markets have had a very good first half of 2017. Record levels for several widely followed country indexes occurred