Bloomberg Elliott Capital Management urged Thyssenkrupp AG to negotiate a better steel joint venture with Tata Steel Ltd., increasing pressure on the German company’s management to deliver more favorable terms. In a letter to Thyssenkrupp management, Elliott highlighted the divergence in performance in Tata and Thyssenkrupp’s steel businesses. The weakness in Tata’s recent performance means that a tie-up is now ...

Bloomberg Cobalt is facing its first major test since an impending demand boom from electric vehicles triggered a two-year surge, with prices retreating in top consumer China amid signs there’s still enough material to go around. The price for cobalt sulfate — the chemical form used in car batteries and consumer electronics — fell to its lowest since January, and ...

Bloomberg AT&T Inc.’s wait is finally over. Nearly two years after inking an $85.4 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Inc., the phone giant will learn on Tuesday whether a federal judge in Washington will grant the US Justice Department’s request to block the takeover on antitrust grounds. The decision hinges on whether the combination of AT&T’s pay-TV and mobile-phone ...