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Bloomberg Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will invest C$750 million ($559 million) in power producer TransAlta Corp. and nominate two directors to its board. Brookfield could also increase its stake in the Calgary-based utility to about 9 percent under certain conditions, according to a statement. The deal allows Brookfield to convert its investment into an equity interest in TransAlta’s Alberta hydro ...

Bloomberg SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., the embattled engineering firm at the heart of Canada’s biggest political crisis in years, has been dealt another blow in Chile. Copper producer Codelco said that it cancelled a contract worth $260 million to build two new acid plants in the Chuquicamata mine. Montreal-based SNC has “seriously” and “repeatedly” breached aspects of its contracts, according to ...

Bloomberg The banning of e-scooters on British roads is being reconsidered after the UK government said it was opening “the biggest regulatory review in a generation” of current mobility laws, some of which date back to 1835. The government said that it wanted to start the process of modernising existing legislation, which was proving to be a barrier to innovation, ...

Bloomberg Disgruntled drivers showed up at the Omni hotel in San Francisco hoping to make their feelings known to the executives, bankers and potential investors at Lyft Inc.’s IPO roadshow meeting. No one was there. Lyft’s scheduled meeting was held at the Olympic Club instead. It had originally been planned for the Omni, according to a term sheet reviewed by ...

Bloomberg Malaysian billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan’s Bumi Armada Bhd is nearing an agreement for a loan of around $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that will give the embattled energy firm more time to restructure. Banks are finalising details of a five-year credit facility, according to the people, who asked not to be identified ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son, famous for his early investment in China’s top e-commerce company, also had the chance to own a big stake in Amazon.com Inc — but he missed out over $30 million. Son, speaking at the Milken Institute conference in Tokyo, said he was close to striking a deal to acquire 30 percent of the ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc moved a team of sales traders in Hong Kong to work on its equities desk to support clients after eight staff were pushed out in the wake of an internal investigation. Among those moved were Ryan Clendenny, Will Faulkner, Annie Wong, Anthony Levenston and Jensen Feng, according to an internal email sent by Richard Heyes, Asia-Pacific head ...

Bloomberg A group of private equity firms and pension funds agreed to buy Inmarsat Plc for $3.4 billion in a bet on the UK-based satellite operator’s growing inflight broadband business. Inmarsat shares rose more than 8 percent. Talks began in late January as the London-based company faces growing competition from traditional rivals such as ViaSat Inc. and new challengers including ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is set to call on member states to exchange information to manage the cybersecurity risks of 5G wireless networks, side-stepping US calls to outright ban Chinese equipment makers like Huawei. In the recommendation to European capitals due to be unveiled on Tuesday, member states will be given several months to report to the EU potential ...

Bloomberg Confidence among German companies unexpectedly improved in March, providing a glimmer of hope for the European economy. Ifo’s closely-watched index rose to 99.6, beating forecasts for a reading of 98.5, and a gauge of executives’ expectations also rose. The improvement helps to dispel some of the gloom after a survey showed German manufacturing in its deepest slump in more ...