Bloomberg Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion, using one of the biggest leveraged buyout deals in history to take private a 16-year-old social networking platform that has become a hub of public discourse and a flashpoint in the debate over online free speech. Investors will receive $54.20 for each Twitter share they own, …

  Bloomberg Commodities trading giant Cargill Inc expects some of its freight vessels to be powered by clean marine fuel before the end of this decade. In 2020, Cargill shipped almost 200 million tons of iron ore, grains and other goods around the world. It has as many as 700 vessels on the water at a time, and most of …

  Bloomberg Sprng Energy Pvt is nearing a deal for Shell Plc to acquire the Indian renewable power producer for about $1.8 billion including debt, people with knowledge of the matter said. An agreement between Sprng’s private equity owner Actis and the energy giant could be signed in two to three weeks after Shell beat out rival bidders, the people …