Bloomberg Stocks and US futures climbed, while the yen slipped as a tentative deal by the US Congress to avert a government shutdown offset weaker economic data from China. US stocks looked set to add to their best week since February, as earnings season rolls along. Data on Monday indicated consumer spending stalled in March, adding to signs of ...

  Bloomberg Sony Corp. shares jumped to their highest since May 2015 after a bullish earnings report triggered analyst predictions that the electronics maker could achieve record profit this year. The Tokyo-based company rose 3 percent to 3,873 yen at the close in Tokyo on Monday after forecasting operating profit of 500 billion yen ($4.5 billion) for the fiscal year ...

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. said it would stop overbooking flights, after the forcible removal of a United Airlines passenger from a packed plane sparked worldwide outrage. Overbooking is tentatively set to end May 8, Southwest said. That would be about a month after a 69-year-old United customer was dragged from a jet by airport police for refusing to surrender ...