published Apr 18th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Jeremy Kahn (Bloomberg) — In the shadow of Greenwich’s 02 Arena – the futuristic dome originally built as London’s showpiece for the Millennium – what looks like a picnic cooler on wheels zips among groups of gawking children. This little delivery robot, designed

published Apr 18th 2016, 5:34 pm, by Sophia Pearson and Jef Feeley (Bloomberg) — The National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement was found by a federal appeals court to be fair, if imperfect. The decision sets in motion the resolution of thousands of lawsuits covering more than 20,000 retired

published Apr 15th 2016, 11:59 am, by Stephen Mihm (Bloomberg View) — This probably will beggar belief for the millions of Americans struggling to meet this year’s April 18 deadline to file their income tax returns, but the Internal Revenue Service says it has gotten better at handling taxpayer questions.

published Apr 17th 2016, 3:24 pm, by Ros Krasny (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has adopted “banana republic” tactics because it’s getting “stomped” in the Republican ground game in states like Wyoming and Colorado, said the head of Ted Cruz’s delegate-hunting team. “When we win, Trump whines,” Ken Cuccinelli,

published Apr 17th 2016, 7:57 pm, by Aya Takada and Monami Yui (Bloomberg) — The death toll from earthquakes that struck southern Japan increased to 42 and the economic impact began to reverberate Monday as financial markets opened in Tokyo. The series of quakes that struck the island of Kyushu

published Apr 14th 2016, 10:48 am, by John Tozzi (Bloomberg) — Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, putting them at increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems. It’s a public health problem too big for the public health system to solve. Increasingly, businesses are asking what

published Apr 14th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Thomas Penny (Bloomberg) — An increasing proportion of English children are underweight and anemic as low incomes and neglect by parents lead to malnourishment in the fifth-richest country in the world, a cross-party panel of lawmakers said. Record numbers also turned to charity

published Apr 14th 2016, 8:42 pm, by Sam Kim (Bloomberg) — North Korea failed in an attempt to launch a missile on the birthday of its founder, a day after South Korea said the regime might fire a ballistic device believed to be capable of reaching Guam. The launch took

published Apr 12th 2016, 12:46 pm, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View) — The traditional center-left is in retreat in Europe, and to a somewhat lesser extent in the U.S. This could be seen as a failure of the centrist-socialist establishment, though it might make sense to see it from a

published Apr 15th 2015, 7:14 am, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — Bank earnings. Bank of America beat on adjusted earnings, though the news was mixed; trading was disappointing (outside of foreign exchange, which did great) but legal costs were down significantly from last year. “The firm said it’s keeping