Bloomberg China is burning more coal in yet another sign that the first country hit by a coronavirus outbreak is returning to a level of normalcy. Daily coal burn at select coastal plants has doubled from early February, at the height of the country’s lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19. The plants are responding to resurgent electricity demand as ...

Bloomberg Chinese state-backed investment fund CNIC Corp is considering purchasing about a 10% stake in Greenko Group, one of India’s largest renewable energy companies, according to people familiar with the matter. Greenko, whose backers include Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte has been seeking to raise around $800 million by introducing a long-term investor, said one of the people. The Indian ...

Bloomberg UK consumers scaled back their unsecured borrowing in February as the country battled flooding and the start of the coronavirus update. Loans to households rose just 877 million pounds ($1.09 billion) from January, when they rose 1.1 billion pounds, the Bank of England said in a report. At the same time, mortgage approvals jumped to 73,546, the most since ...