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Twitter boosts efforts to plug personal data sharing

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. added to efforts to address concerns over privacy protection on social media. In a tweet from its safety handle, the company announced an update to its abuse reporting functions, allowing users to specify personal information issues, with a GIF showing step-by-step instructions. The social media company earlier in the day tweeted an image on its main account ...

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US payrolls shock hints at dawn of a slowdown

Bloomberg The US labour market may not be as weak as February’s payrolls number suggested, but the report provides a reality check that a long-forecast slowdown is arriving. Employers added 20,000 jobs during the month, the fewest since September 2017, missing all economist estimates and bucking a recent trend of strong February readings. Analysts said the unexpectedly low figure doesn’t ...

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Kim seen losing more than gaining if he tests missile

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is showing signs he might fire his first rocket in 15 months. Long-time observers suspect he is bluffing. Two days after Kim’s summit with US President Donald Trump broke down over sanctions relief and disarmament steps last month, satellite images showed that North Korea was rebuilding a long-range rocket site it recently dismantled. The ...

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