Bloomberg The $3.8 billion Dakota Access crude oil pipeline may start operating June 1, assuming no new obstacles prevent it, according to a person familiar with the matter. Energy Transfer Partners LP, the developer of the pipeline, will begin filling it with oil around February 15, barring complaints or legal action to stop it, said the person, who asked …

  Bloomberg If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, vital cogs in a regional supply chain that allows China to build widgets and gadgets for the world. But Asia boasts a fast-growing middle class now numbering in the hundreds of millions, meaning China and other regional exporters …

  Bloomberg Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., seeking to cut debt after eight straight quarters of losses, is in talks with companies including billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Power Ltd. about selling a 2,400-megawatt Indian electricity plant, people with knowledge of the matter said. The New Delhi-based company has been in discussions about selling the plant to Adani Power as lenders …