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Canada seeks to solve US nuclear woes with faraway dams

Bloomberg The key to replacing aging nuclear plants in the US Northeast may lie 1,000 miles away, along a remote river tumbling through the Canadian wilderness. In boreal forests above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hydro-Quebec is building a series of dams that will generate enough electricity for more than one million homes. The $5.2 billion project on the Romaine ...

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Billionaire Birla may tap markets as India’s telecom wars worsen

Bloomberg Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, whose Idea Cellular Ltd. is poised to become India’s top carrier, sees only a handful of businesses surviving a price war roiling the world’s second largest telecom market. The chairman of the Aditya Birla Group also won’t hazard a guess on when the industry shakeout will end in a country where calls already cost less ...

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BMW to bring Mini production to China

Bloomberg BMW AG is in early talks with China’s biggest maker of sport utility vehicles about the possible production of Mini cars in the country, potentially marking the brand’s first manufacturing project outside of Europe. Great Wall Motor Co. and BMW agreed in February to discuss cooperating on Mini, though the discussions are still preliminary and the companies haven’t entered ...

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