Bloomberg Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA is said to be looking into leasing the Aruba refinery, where it would ship tar-like oil to be upgraded into higher value synthetic crude rather than produce fuels like gasoline. PDVSA, through its U.S. subsidiary Citgo Petroleum Corp., is in talks with the Aruba government to lease the refinery, according to ...

Bloomberg SunEdison Inc.is burning through its cash. The world’s biggest clean-power developer was expected to have about $1.2 billion at the start of the year, an amount that may drop to $270 million if a pending court case doesn’t go its way, according to an estimate by Patrick Jobin, an analyst at Credit Suisse Group AG. The company spent billions ...

Bloomberg American International Group Inc. suffered losses last year in investment portfolios tied to death-benefits bets and energy bonds. Impairments on so-called life settlements surged to $540 million in 2015 from $201 million a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing. The contracts involve insurance policies that are purchased on the secondary market; AIG pays premiums until the covered person ...