Bloomberg Vertical farming startup Plenty Inc. plans to build 300 indoor farms in or near major Chinese cities to meet rising demand from the country’s middle-class who are willing to pay more for safer food. The company also plans to set up what it calls experience centres in Beijing and Shanghai so that local residents can taste raw vegetables, Chief ...

Bloomberg Hindustan Unilever Ltd.’s revenue climbed 4.1 percent in the third quarter as India’s largest consumer-goods company widened the gap with competition including from yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. Revenue at the Indian unit of Unilever rose to 87.4 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) in the three months through December, the Mumbai-based company said. That exceeded the 84.3 billion-rupee ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group Co. is close to reaching an agreement to sell two Australian luxury property projects—one in Sydney and one on the nation’s Gold Coast, according to people familiar with the matter. The buyer is of Chinese origin, said two of the people, who asked not to be identified because discussions are private. A deal ...