Bloomberg US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ordered new medical testing on all children in its custody, following the death of a 8-year-old Guatemalan boy caught crossing the border near El Paso, Texas, the agency said in a statement. The directive will mean secondary medical checks on children in the agency’s care, including unaccompanied minors and those who arrive as ...

In a recent column, I observed that by many measures, China is the world’s largest economy. This means a number of benefits will now flow — and indeed are already flowing — to China that used to go to the US and Europe. Chief among these is agglomeration, of the tendency of businesses to seek out the biggest markets and ...

The slow death of the conglomerate has been a theme in the developed world, exemplified this year by the decline of General Electric Co. to a shadow of its former self. By contrast, Asia’s sprawling family-controlled groups have continued to thrive. That’s not to say they’re free of challenges. Victor Li, 54, sits atop a global empire spanning telecom, ports, ...