Bloomberg Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick named two new directors without consulting the company’s new leader or other existing board members, ratcheting up a Machiavellian battle for control of the world’s most valuable startup. Kalanick said in an announcement that he had appointed Ursula Burns, Xerox Corp.’s former CEO, and John Thain, the ex-Merrill Lynch chief, …

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google has begun an internal probe on whether Russia-linked actors used its advertising and services to influence last year’s US presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have both disclosed political ad spending and accounts affiliated with Russia, and Facebook is sharing its findings with Google, this person said. …

Bloomberg Adidas AG’s mission to expand its basketball footprint in North America hasn’t made a major difference so far. That may now be a comfort to the German athletic-goods company as one of its executives is embroiled in a US college-basketball bribery investigation. Adidas expects to generate just $401 million from basketball products worldwide this year, the company said in …