Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIOVX36JIJUQ (Updates with Japanese government official in third paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — A Japanese hostage was shown killed in a purported Islamic State video after a deadline passed for Japan to pay a $200 million ransom, according to the Japanese government and a terrorist-monitoring group. Haruna Yukawa, a
published Apr 1st 2016, 12:29 pm, by Stephen Kirkland and Jeremy Herron (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rose, reversing earlier losses, while Treasuries retreated as signs of life in the manufacturing sector and a strong jobs report bolstered confidence in the world’s largest economy. Crude erased gains for the year. The