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Throw eggs away to support chicken meat prices: Indonesia

Bloomberg In Indonesia, the chicken comes before the egg. At least in the sense that the government is asking poultry breeders to throw away 10 million eggs or give them away for free in an attempt to support slumping chicken prices. It’s hoping that a reduction in the number of eggs that may hatch will shrink chicken supplies and prop ...

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Google, industry try to water down 1st US data-privacy law

Bloomberg Google and its industry allies are making a late bid to water down the first major data-privacy law in the US, seeking to carve out exemptions for digital advertising, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg and people familiar with the negotiations. A lobbyist for Google recently distributed new language to members of California’s state legislature that would amend the ...

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Hurricane Dorian lashes Florida after battering Bahamas

Bloomberg Hurricane Dorian menaced the US East Coast with devastating flooding and winds, lashing Florida after laying waste to the Bahamas in a brutal two-day battering that caused damage that may cost the islands billions of dollars. The centre of the Category 2 hurricane was located about 90 miles (145 kilometres) east of Daytona Beach, Florida, with maximum sustained winds ...

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