published Apr 17th 2017, 4:00 pm, by The Editors (Bloomberg View) —Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been trying hard to combat his nation’s alarming demographic decline: promoting robots and other productivity-enhancing technology, bringing more women into the workforce, even opening the door a bit wider to foreigners. It’s plain,

published Apr 17th 2017, 5:17 pm, by Kara Alaimo (Bloomberg View) —On Monday, one of the top stories on Twitter (and nearly everywhere else) was about a doctor who was violently removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight to make room for a company staffer. Other passengers filmed the screaming

published Apr 17th 2017, 5:53 pm, by Garfield Reynolds (Bloomberg) —Asian equity futures indicated most regional bourses would gain after U.S. stocks rose the most in six weeks. The yen weakened against most peers as geopolitical threats eased and a fresh set of American economic data damped the odds for a

published Apr 13th 2017, 5:00 am, by Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) — TurboTax, the reigning king of online tax preparation, is facing some particularly strong competition this year. Arch rival H&R Block started the 2017 tax season aggressively, touting a collaboration with IBM’s supercomputer Watson and free online returns. Credit Karma,

published Apr 15th 2017, 7:26 pm, by Sam Kim (Bloomberg) — The North Korean weapons program now testing U.S. President Donald Trump stretches back decades, when the regime began reverse-engineering Scud missiles acquired from Egypt. International efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear threat were dealt a setback in 2006 with

published Apr 16th 2017, 4:43 pm, by Jessica Summers (Bloomberg) — BP Exploration Alaska Inc. is trying to close off a well on Alaska’s frigid North Slope after a leak was discovered Friday morning. The well, located in the Greater Prudhoe Bay area, is venting gas, which caused a spray

published Apr 12th 2017, 5:43 pm, by Ari Natter (Bloomberg) — Appliance makers want Congress to ease energy efficiency standards that they say are unrealistic and costly for air conditioners, refrigerators and other equipment — even allowing for future rollbacks. The industry is lobbying to amend a decades old conservation

published Apr 12th 2017, 7:50 pm, by David Tweed (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump is finding little support among his Asian allies — both publicly and behind the scenes — as he weighs a military attack on North Korea after unilaterally firing missiles on Syria. Any attack on Kim

published Apr 11th 2017, 4:00 pm, by N. C. Bipindra (Bloomberg) — India is close to signing two defense deals with Israel as it seeks to deepen ties with the Middle Eastern nation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in July, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The

published Apr 11th 2017, 8:49 pm, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s producer price gains slowed last month from a peak in February, decelerating for the first time since September 2015 and tempering the global inflation outlook. Key Points The producer price index rose 7.6 percent last month from a