BLOOMBERG Hong Kong’s goal to reclaim its spot as Asia’s premier financial hub is being tested by a scarcity of workers in the air industry that’s vital for reestablishing the city’s international links. The damage caused by years of closed borders is proving hard to undo. The number of workers employed at the Norman Foster-designed airport at the end of ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring. The goal of this secret endeavour — dubbed E5 — is to measure how much glucose is in someone’s body without needing to prick the skin for blood. After hitting major milestones recently, the company now believes it ...

BLOOMBERG Mercedes-Benz AG has tapped Google to assist with a reboot of software-based features it’s expecting to generate just under €10 billion ($10.6 billion) of additional revenue by the end of the decade. The new operating system, to debut around 2025, will go into models spanning Mercedes’s entire lineup and keep vehicles updated throughout their lifespan, the luxury-car maker said. ...