Bloomberg Electricite de France SA (EDF) extended maintenance halts at two nuclear reactors by four months and warned it may have to carry out lengthy repairs at seven others next year, further straining European power supplies. The world’s largest nuclear fleet has suffered prolonged shutdowns this year that have left Europe even more reliant on natural gas at a time ...

  Bloomberg The US is “not in the business” of aiding rival chip-producing countries, Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said, as the White House steps up efforts to deny China access to American technology. “It’s one thing if you’re going to have competition,” Emanuel said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “The other thing is if you actually help the ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk, under fire for recent policy changes at Twitter Inc, is asking users whether he should step down as head of the social media site. With the poll set to end in New York, around 57% of the 16 million voters have said yes. The billionaire owner of Twitter and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc will abide ...