Bloomberg Facebook Inc. “absolutely” supports the public release of all ads bought on its platform by Russian government-linked accounts but maintains that it’s up to Congress to decide when to do so, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said. The company is giving lawmakers whatever they ask for and will “stand by them” when they’re ready to release the ads, she ...

Bloomberg Category 2 Hurricane Ophelia is threatening everything from farms to a golf course owned by the family of US President Donald Trump as it heads for Ireland. Ophelia’s top winds were 155 kilometres an hour by 3.40 pm London time, reaching the second level of the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm, about 545 miles southwest of the Azores, is ...

Bloomberg Bitcoin’s seemingly unstoppable surge to record highs isn’t deterring competitors. Former Silicon Valley developers are working on at least two new versions of the digital currency. Basecoin is seeking to solve bitcoin’s volatility with a team of former Google Inc. coders that are building what they hope will be a more stable version of the cryptocurrency. Cypherium has former ...