Bloomberg Oil edged lower ahead of an Opec+ meeting this week at which the group may announce plans to start tapering historic production cuts even as the coronavirus surges unabated in many parts of the world. Futures in New York fell below $40 a barrel. The producer bloc will review the state of the market at an online meeting on …

Bloomberg CenterPoint Energy Inc, a power and natural gas supplier that’s been dragged down by an investment in a pipeline company, plans to sharpen its focus on regulated utilities and renewables while overhauling its strategy, according to its new chief executive officer. The Houston-based company was already pushing to become more of a pure-play utility and will now accelerate that …

Bloomberg Permits for European Union carbon emissions rose above 30 euros ($34) a ton for the first time since 2006 as the bloc works to enact a sweeping overhaul to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Carbon futures climbed despite an overall gloomy economic outlook and with pollution set to fall to the lowest level in decades this year. While actual emissions plunge …