Bloomberg Technology billionaires are making a run for the top of the global wealth rankings as surges for Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. added $5.6 billion to their founders’ fortunes this week. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin gained a combined $2.7 billion after the search engine’s ad business reported a growing user base ...

  Emirates Business Uber Technologies Inc. can’t require a Connecticut customer accusing the company of price-fixing to resolve the fight in arbitration, a federal judge ruled in one of several cases challenging the ride-hailing company’s efforts to steer disputes of all kinds away from public courtrooms. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Friday that Uber’s online user agreement ...

  Cologne / AFP Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied in the German city of Cologne on Sunday as tensions over Turkey’s failed coup put authorities on edge. Waving the Turkish flag and chanting “Turkey”, the demonstrators turned the rally site next to the River Rhine into a sea of red as they began ...