Bloomberg Super Typhoon Mangkhut battered the Philippines with gales and torrential rains, leaving at least three people dead and thousands homeless, triggering landslides and damaging an airport before heading towards China. The most powerful storm of the year ripped into Cagayan province in the northern Philippines with winds of up to 269 kilometres (167 miles) per hour. By US standards ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG’s board is working towards a decision to list its heavy-truck division, a move that would generate fresh funds for its bid to challenge global leaders Daimler AG and Volvo AB, according to people familiar with the matter. VW’s supervisory board plans to discuss the matter early next week, and the truck unit will host a capital markets ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has to explain in court why he dropped a plan to create non-voting shares, which would’ve allowed him to retain control of the world’s largest social-media company after selling most of his stake to fund charitable works. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster ordered Zuckerberg to testify on November 19 in a lawsuit brought ...