Bloomberg Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed to make it harder for foreign automakers to claim that their cars are made in the U.S., as she tries to recruit Rust Belt voters following a surprise defeat in Michigan. At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, Clinton called for tougher “rules of origin,” the means used to determine whether a product …

Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp. confirmed that an Argentine court will proceed with criminal charges against nine current and former Barrick employees in connection with a cyanide solution spill last year. Separately, the San Juan provincial government announced it intends to impose a fine of about $9 million against Barrick, the company said in a statement. Confirmation of the charges comes …

Bloomberg Global efforts to curb the use of coal-fired power plants may provide a lifeline to Brazil’s embattled sugar cane industry. That’s the bet of companies including Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, co-owner of the world’s largest sugar cane processor, which formed a $130 million joint venture for making sugar cane-based biomass pellets that can be burned to produce electricity. …