Bloomberg The World Bank Group appointed Anshula Kant of the State Bank of India as chief financial officer, according to a statement in Washington. Kant is currently a managing director at SBI and previously served as its CFO, the World Bank said. It hasn’t yet announced when Kant will start the new job. Kant will report to World Bank President …

Bloomberg It’s long seemed that nothing could unite President Donald Trump and Democrats on Capitol Hill. Then Facebook decided to create a cryptocurrency. Washington’s bipartisan distrust of the social-networking giant will be on display as it defends the digital-money proposal in two congressional hearings. In a sign that the testimony is likely to be an ordeal for Facebook, Trump took …

Bloomberg Alitalia’s rescue by Italy’s state-owned railway and investors including US carrier Delta Air Lines Inc may still be weeks away despite a looming deadline for offers for the loss-plagued carrier, people familiar with the matter said. Ferrovie dello Stato SpA is set to tell the carrier that its rescue plan has attracted potential investors, including Delta and Atlantia SpA, …