Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the US now. Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees on Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected …

  Bloomberg The US economy entered 2017 with a solid head of steam, driven by consumer spending and a pickup in business investment. President Donald Trump’s stoking of trade tensions puts that momentum at risk. Fourth-quarter figures released on Friday showed how swings in trade can have big effects: Net exports subtracted 1.7 percentage points from gross domestic product, the …

  Bloomberg Alcon, the eye-care business that Novartis AG acquired for more than $50 billion, is now weighing on Europe’s second-largest drugmaker. After more than a year of efforts to turn around the business, the Swiss company said it was considering all options for the embattled division, including a spinoff or initial public offering. Profit from the business plummeted 31 …