Bloomberg Vedanta Ltd sweetened the deal for Cairn India Ltd shareholders by increasing the number of preference shares four times to salvage a deal which would help create a natural-resources group to compete with BHP Billiton Ltd. and Vale SA. Vedanta will offer minority shareholders of Cairn India one equity share and four redeemable-preference shares with a face value …

  Bloomberg Flooding in China’s northern Hebei province has killed 105 people and led to direct losses of 15.4 billion yuan (US$2.3 billion) to the economy, the local government said on Saturday. About 307,300 people were evacuated and 104 are missing, according to a statement from Hebei’s government. Water supply in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang has been disrupted due to …

  Bloomberg The yen fell, headed for a second weekly decline, amid speculation that further monetary stimulus to boost Japan’s struggling economy is now inevitable — whether or not it comes at next week central-bank meeting. The Bank of Japan’s next monetary policy statement is due July 29, though Mizuho Bank Ltd says officials may well refrain from cutting their …