Bloomberg The man overseeing western Europe’s biggest crude spigot is fighting back against the oil doubters. Norway’s push into the Arctic, necessary to prolong the nation’s more than four decades of petroleum production, is running into a multi-pronged attack with claims that projects will be unprofitable and an unprecedented lawsuit targeting the government. “There are many forces who are using ...

Bloomberg For years, smaller nations in Asia have looked to the US to provide a counterweight to an increasingly powerful China. Under President Donald Trump, they are learning to fend for themselves. Trump declared his 12-day swing through Asia a success before heading home, saying that “all Countries dealing with us on TRADE know that the rules have changed.” On ...

Bloomberg Fortis Healthcare Ltd., India’s second-largest private hospital chain by market value, offered to buy all assets of its Singapore-listed trust RHT Health Trust for 46.5 billion rupees ($711 million). Shares of the health trust climbed the most on record. Fortis will acquire all of RHT’s Indian subsidiaries, a 49 percent interest in Fortis Hospotel Ltd., and the entire asset ...