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Singapore kickstarts zero-waste plan

Bloomberg Singapore is making a clarion call to citizens and businesses to reduce domestic and industrial waste towards zero as the country’s recycling rate has stalled and its sole landfill may run out of space by 2035. The government will publish a master plan in the second half, with grants to support projects, Masagos Zulkifli, minister for environment and water ...

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Toyota’s new safety system keeps cars from crashing

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp — in an unusual move for the cut-throat car business — has decided to share with rivals an automated safety system that uses self-driving technology to keep cars from crashing. The system, known as Guardian, will take control of a car and steer it around an impending crash or accelerate out of the path of an ...

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J&J’s $4.7 billion court loss may fade and go unpaid

Bloomberg A $4.7 billion jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson in July helped spark the company’s biggest annual share loss in a decade, spotlighting the potential cost of alleged health risks from its popular baby powder. But investors may have overreacted when a St. Louis jury sided with 22 women who claimed asbestos in the powder caused their ovarian cancer. ...

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