Bloomberg Three days after Energy Secretary Rick Perry directed his staff to find ways to give a boost to coal and nuclear power, the rival wind industry kicked its lobbying response into action. The American Wind Energy Association would tap allies in Congress willing to weigh in with Perry and buy advertisements on “news channels closely followed by the Trump ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump hasn’t decided yet whether to impose punitive measures on steel imports for reasons of national secur- ity, as the administration missed a self-imposed deadline to conclude its investigation. While the Commerce Department has until early next year to determine whether foreign-made steel threatens US security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, Secretary Wilbur Ross ...

Bloomberg President Xi Jinping warned a divided Hong Kong that challenges to China’s rule wouldn’t be tolerated and said the city’s leaders must find new ways to profit from Chinese economic clout. Xi’s stern speech on Saturday — at a ceremony in which he swore in Carrie Lam, 60, as Hong Kong’s first female chief executive — capped a three-day ...