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US set to announce biofuel policy changes

Bloomberg The Trump administration is slated to unveil biofuel policy changes, including efforts to tamp down costs for refiners while broadening the market for ethanol, according to people familiar with the action. The announcement follows weeks of negotiations by the Agriculture Department, Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department to flesh out a tentative deal struck at the White House last ...

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Toshiba ex-chip unit targets acquisitions enroute an IPO

Bloomberg Toshiba Corp.’s former memory chip business, acquired this month by a group led by Bain Capital, intends to pursue acquisitions as it prepares for an initial public offering in three years. Toshiba Memory Corp. intends to rely on its own cash flow to sustain capital spending at a pace of hundreds of billions of yen a year, Yuji Sugimoto, ...

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Chinese regulator probes Samsung, Hynix amid ‘chip-price’

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., two of the world’s biggest chipmakers, said they’re being investigated by China’s government after their US rival Micron Technology Inc. received a similar visit from the country’s regulators. Investigators from China’s regulatory agency visited Samsung’s Chinese sales offices on May 31, Suwon, South Korea-based company said in an emailed statement. “Samsung is ...

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