Bloomberg When it comes to speculation about German government support for Deutsche Bank AG, Chancellor Angela Merkel has no good answer. After years spent leading the push for new European Union rules to contain banking crises without putting taxpayers on the hook, you might expect Merkel to rule out state aid for Deutsche Bank. She hasn’t, even though that …

Bloomberg Google is embarking on a wholesale revamp of its mobile phone strategy, debuting a pair of slick and powerful handsets that for the first time will go head-to-head with Apple Inc.’s iconic iPhone. Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday unveiled the Pixel and larger Pixel XL, the first phones that were conceptualized, designed, engineered and tested in-house. The Pixel handsets …

  Relaxnews In the two years since Amazon.com Inc. released its Echo speaker, the household device has become a surprise hit — and a surprise threat to Google, as users turn to the Echo for information from the web. Now Google is trying to strike back. On Tuesday, the internet search giant introduced Google Home, a voice-controlled wireless speaker that …