Bloomberg Rocket Internet SE-backed e-commerce coupon business Global Savings Group became profitable for the first time, a boon for the Berlin-based startup factory that’s been under pressure to prove it can turn its units into money-making machines. Global Savings, about 40 percent owned by Rocket, said its gross merchandise value, a measure for sales it generates for retailers, about doubled …

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG operated a top-secret site at its sprawling headquarters to test the diesel technology at the heart of the emissions-cheating scandal, reflecting the lengths those involved went to conceal their actions, people familiar with the matter said. Some engineers used the research facility in Wolfsburg, Germany, to upload the software that manipulated regulatory emissions checks, one of the …

Bloomberg Neuralink Corp., the startup co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has taken steps to sell $100 million in stock to fund the development of technology that connects human brains with computers. The San Francisco-based company has already gotten $27 million in funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk said Neuralink isn’t seeking outside investors. …