Bloomberg Renault SA will carry out a plan to carve out electric and combustion-engine businesses, even without its Japanese auto-making partners. “They know that we have to do it, that we will do it and we’ve opened the door for them to each project,” Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “At the …

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp posted its best-ever profit, reaping the rewards from surging commodity prices as supply disruptions run headlong into rising demand and consumers feel the pinch. Second-quarter adjusted earnings of $4.14 per share beat the $3.98 forecast by the Bloomberg Consensus. Net income reached $17.9 billion, surpassing the previous record set in 2008. The biggest North American oil …

Bloomberg Engie SA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Catherine MacGregor said the French utility’s clients are cutting natural gas consumption as prices soar amid Russia’s squeeze on fuel deliveries to Europe. “Gas demand has declined among our customers, whether its households, small businesses or large manufacturers,” MacGregor said on a conference call on Friday. That’s probably the result of energy savings, …