Bloomberg Forget Asian hunger for energy or where liquefied natural gas (LNG) costs the most, at the moment it’s all about tanker rates. Northwest Europe has seen a boom in LNG imports this month, with cargoes arriving from atypical sources including Peru and Egypt, while the US and Russia are also sending tankers into the most liquid gas market outside …

Bloomberg Steelmakers in China and the rest of the world need to do more to reduce overcapacity, according to Guido Kerkhoff, CEO chief executive officer of Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG. While China made good progress in curbing over-production, there’s room for even more cuts, Kerkhoff said. China has reshaped industry in past three years by closing plants, tightening environmental controls and …

Bloomberg US stocks rose amid deal news, as major averages pared losses after a brutal month of selling. The dollar advanced versus the euro as political uncertainty hit Germany, while Treasuries edged lower. The S&P 500 headed for just its sixth advance in October and remains on track for its worst month since 2010. The Nasdaq indexes outperformed after IBM’s …