Bloomberg The head of decommissioning for the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant said that more creativity is needed in developing robots to locate and assess the condition of melted fuel rods. A robot sent inside the Unit 2 containment vessel last month could not reach as close to the core area as was hoped for because it was blocked by ...

  Bloomberg China will further trim its bloated smokestack industries this year and support other sectors in services or internet-related businesses to create new jobs. The country plans to eliminate another 500,000 jobs in industries with excess capacity, Minister of Human Resources Yin Weimin said at a briefing Wednesday in Beijing. That’s part of an effort to trim 1.8 million ...

  Bloomberg India’s largest pharmaceutical firms are looking to convince US President Donald Trump that his promise to lower drug costs should take priority over his vow to make sure the medicines are made in America. The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, an industry group representing 20 of the nation’s largest drugmakers, is recommending India make the case to US lawmakers, regulators ...