Bloomberg Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook lashed into companies like Google and Facebo-ok Inc. that collect user data, equating their services to “surveillance,” as he touted the importance of privacy and legislation to protect it. The comments, given at an EU privacy conference in Brussels on Wednesday, come months after the bloc implemented strict new data protection rules ...

Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. has been dinged over the years for being too big, too slow and too cautious as it tried to break out of tepid growth. It has issued a rejoinder: the largest jump in five years of a key sales measure. Investors cheered the first-quarter results, which the company says is proof its turnaround is working. ...

Bloomberg The French government told companies to begin preparing for all Brexit scenarios, including no deal between the European Union and the UK. At a closed-door meeting at the finance ministry, Secretary of State Agnes Pannier-Runacher recommended business leaders start identifying measures to limit the impact of Brexit and begin alerting their suppliers. France hopes Michel Barnier’s efforts to reach ...