Bloomberg US labour force participation has been having a good run, but it slipped in October— possibly as demographics exacted a toll. The participation rate had been trending up as people moved into the labour force and as workers with jobs hung onto them. Last month, however, the rate fell as 5.2 million employees dropped straight out of the labour …

Bloomberg Diabetes devices may be having their iPhone moment. For decades, the daily routine of diabetics involved painful needles, finger-pricking lancets and imprecise glucose metres. Now, manufacturers have begun incorporating the slick and consumer-friendly designs of Silicon Valley, linking to phones and other tech devices. “This is a crossroads for diabetes technology,’’ said Raj Denhoy, an analyst at Jefferies in …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump warned nations against challenging the US as he rallied American tro- ops in Japan on the first stop of his 12-day tour of Asia. Speaking to US and Japanese military personnel on Sunday at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, Trump said he would push for freedom in the region and fair trade in meetings with …