Bloomberg Turkey’s Energy Ministry met major power producers to ask them to voluntarily lower electricity market rates or face price caps, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The meeting came after electricity for immediate delivery in the so-called spot market soared to a record on Wednesday as a natural gas shortage coincided with unusually cold weather, …

  Bloomberg Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke’s Aker BP Plc and two private equity-backed companies are in talks to buy stakes in oil fields off Norway from Exxon Mobil Corp. that are valued at about $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Aker BP, HitecVision AS and Neptune Oil & Gas Ltd. are bidding for the assets and …

  Bloomberg China slapped a $29 million fine on General Motors Co. for antitrust violations, a sign of the growing tensions between the US and the Asian nation. The largest US automaker is accused of setting minimum prices on some models in its SAIC General Motors joint venture. The Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission, which imposed the 201 million …