Bloomberg Canada’s newspapers are asking the federal government to follow France and Australia in forcing companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook, Inc. to pay to display their news content. “Both France and Australia have set deadlines to have mandatory solutions in place by July. That means paying for copyrighted content and sharing the advertising dollars and data that ...

Bloomberg PG&E Corp. said it would replace most of its board as part of a broad overhaul of its governance structure as the California power giant pushes to exit bankruptcy. PG&E said only three of the 14 current directors will remain after the company exits Chapter 11 by mid-year, according to a statement. The utility’s chair, Nora Mead Brownell, will ...

Bloomberg Zero-percent financing deals hit a record last month as carmakers kept the US auto market from collapsing. More than one in every four new vehicles sold in April did so with 0% loans, according to market researcher Edmunds. By opening up the lending spigots, the US avoided a reprise of the almost 80% drop automakers experienced in China in ...