The World Bank said on Thursday that it had attracted $112 billion of private capital in 2026, a 62 percent increase from last year, as the development organization has increasingly turned to private sector investors to help finance projects in developing countries.
Google ordered to open ad technology to rivals
A federal court unsealed a ruling on Wednesday that said that Google GOOGL.O must allow its ad technology to work with rival products and share more data with customers to weaken the company’s dominance in online marketing.
South Korea resists U.S. pressure over Iran war
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea pushed back against pressure from the Trump administration on Friday, declaring that his country would not deploy troops or military assets to support the U.S.-led war against Iran.
New York Times business stories on artificial intelligence and publishing
Newly unsealed court documents showed considerable concern within Microsoft MSFT.O and its close partner OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop artificial intelligence systems.