Bloomberg Copperbelt Energy Corp., the Zambian electricity supplier with customers including Glencore Plc’s copper mines, may invest as much as $250 million in solar projects and transmission lines in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, Chief Executive Officer Owen Silavwe said. The amount includes two solar plants to generate 30 megawatts and 50 megawatts respectively, and the company is still …

Bloomberg US stocks were lifted by a rally in tech shares as concerns about a potential global trade war eased. Treasury yields edged higher and oil rallied. The S&P 500 was slightly higher after paring an early advance, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped a seventh straight day. The Nasdaq Composite Index added to an all-time high, buoyed by …

Bloomberg Crude clung to gains after a larger-than-expected decline in US crude stockpiles heightened the importance of a key OPEC meeting later this week. Futures rose as much as 1.9 percent in New York on Wednesday. American oil inventories plunged by 5.91 million barrels last week, a bigger withdrawal than any of the 12 analysts in a Bloomberg survey expected. …