Bloomberg A plunge in prices is shaking some of the more marginal players out of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, chilling what until recently was the hottest part of the energy industry. Major utilities from Orsted in Denmark to Iberdrola in Spain are exiting the business. Naturgy Energy has made no secret it isn’t comfortable with the volatility of …

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Mark Tucker promised a strategy reboot. Investors got what some called more of the same — pledges to cut costs and do more with less. The shares plunged by the most since 2017 after buybacks were shelved for two years and the executives themselves said more bad news was still to come — once they …

Bloomberg Plunging oil prices stemming from the coronavirus outbreak led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut its estimate for Nigerian economic growth, highlighting the difficulties Africa’s top crude producer faces reviving and diversifying its economy. The forecast was lowered to 2% from 2.5%, the lender said after concluding an Article IV consultation. Nigeria needs a major policy overhaul to …