Bloomberg Libya’s oil production stood at 622,000 barrels a day (bpd), up slightly from levels recorded before an armed faction agreed to lift a two-year blockade on major western pipelines on Dec. 14, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said. Before the agreeement, Libya’s output stood at about 600,000 bpd, having doubled since September. The NOC said it could add ...

  Bloomberg Toshiba Corp. can’t get past its accounting problems. The Japanese company, which paid a record fine a year ago for its bookkeeping practices, warned that it may now have to take another charge of several billion dollars related to an acquisition made by US unit Westinghouse Electric. The company’s shares fell 12 percent to 392 yen at the ...

  Bloomberg Profits at industrial firms in China accelerated in November, with raw material producers leading gains, as prices of products such as coal and metals continued to advance. Industrial profits rose 14.5 percent from a year earlier to 774.6 billion yuan ($111 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. That compared with the 9.8 percent increase in ...