Bloomberg Brent oil extended gains toward $57 a barrel as Citigroup Inc. raised its price outlook citing strong OPEC compliance with agreed output cuts and growing demand in Asia. Futures rose 1.3 percent in London. Brent will average $55 this quarter, Citigroup said in a note, an increase of $5 from its previous forecast. The North Sea price benchmark ...

  Bloomberg Natarajan Chandrasekaran took over as chairman of Tata Sons Ltd., the holding company of Tata Group, pledging to improve capital allocation and boost returns from the $100 billion salt-to-software Indian conglomerate. The challenge for Chandrasekaran, or Chandra as he’s known, will be to rekindle growth and revive Tata’s weaker units after almost four months of boardroom turmoil that ...

  Bloomberg Singapore plans to implement Southeast Asia’s first carbon tax starting in 2019, a move that would raise energy costs in the island nation and require more than 30 big polluters such as power plants to pay the levy. The proposal would charge between S$10 ($7) and S$20 a ton on emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse ...