Bloomberg Onions in India are once more at the epicenter of a major controversy, pitting government officials who want lower prices against farmers that need extra income. Prices of the vegetable, as ubiquitous as spices in Indian cooking, surged more than 200 percent in September from previous months after flooding from heavy monsoon rains damaged crops and reduced supplies. That’s ...

Bloomberg Lendlease Global Commercial REIT’s stellar IPO debut is yet another testament to the hunger for yield among Asian investors. The real estate investment trust, part of Australia’s Lendlease Group, started trading on the Singapore bourse on Wednesday, surging 6.3 percent at the open from its offer price. This is the biggest jump among the city-state’s REITs in the past ...

Bloomberg BP Plc boss Bob Dudley is planning to step down, and the energy giant’s board is yet to decide on the timing. “I said a long time ago that around the age of 65 I would” step down, Dudley told reporters on the sidelines of the Russia Energy Week conference in Moscow. Dudley took over as chief executive officer ...