Bloomberg Tesla Inc. is planning to cut the price of its solar panels, and the chief of rival Sunrun Inc. isn’t worried. In fact, Sunrun Chief Executive Officer Lynn Jurich said she thinks it’s great that Tesla gets so much attention. “More attention really raises the boat for everybody,” she said on a call with analysts. “Having Tesla out there …

Bloomberg Canadian National Railway Co. is open to transferring the crude-by-rail contracts that it signed with Alberta to private companies or to striking other arrangements that put its spare shipping capacity to use, Chief Executive Officer Jean-Jacques Ruest said. The company shipped about 125,000 to 150,000 barrels a day last month, but could “easily” ramp that up to 200,000 if …

Bloomberg US new-home construction rose for a second month and topped estimates in April in a sign of positive momentum for the housing sector at the start of the second quarter. Residential starts increased 5.7% to a 1.24 million annualised rate after a 1.7% gain in March that was previously reported as a drop, according to government figures. Permits, a …