Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May will launch a new business advisory group on Thursday, her office said, as her government tries to build bridges with financial and trade bodies during Brexit negotiations. May will chair the first in a regular series of meetings of the business council in her official Downing Street residence, with discussions due to focus on …

Bloomberg Amid all the noise about the future of its trade relationship with the US, Mexico is quietly creating jobs at a record pace and reducing the informality that for decades has held back its economy. More than 517,000 Mexican workers gained access to social security in the first half of 2017, a 17 percent increase from a year ago …

The Chinese government, subtle masters of propaganda, seem to have discovered a Sun Tzu formula for taming dissent on the internet: The best strategy may not be to confront critics directly, but to lull or distract them with a tide of good news. This intriguing argument is suggested by a recent article in the American Political Science Review titled ‘How …