It’s frustrating enough when progress in medicine plods along slowly, but downright alarming when it starts to backslide. Bacterial infections were considered essentially conque-red in the 20th century, and now resistant strains are projected to kill more people than cancer by 2050. While some people dispute the projected death rate, it’s agreed that bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics faster ...

Bloomberg For banks that finance trade in Asia, the tariff war between the US and China couldn’t come at a worse time. Lenders globally have faced declining revenue from the $9 trillion business of funding cross-border commerce for five years running, thanks to a drop in margins that is persisting in Asia. Now, as the trade dispute between the world’s ...

Bloomberg Mark Carney thrust the Bank of England (BOE) into the Brexit debate again, saying he’ll give a thumbs up — or down — to any divorce deal that British Prime Minister Theresa May reaches with the European Union. “We will have to give our view on whether or not the arrangements are consistent with our ability to fulfill our ...