Bloomberg Europe is starting to steal some of the limelight from China’s booming liquefied natural gas demand as imports pick up after several lackluster years. Europe and China will be comparable in significance as importing regions in the coming years, Cheniere Energy Inc. said, citing data from Wood Mackenzie Ltd. That follows “absolutely phenomenal” growth in China last year, Andrew …

Bloomberg The gas market is being flipped upside down. Australia, soon to become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, is now turning to the largest buyer Japan as it seeks to import the fuel to ease a domestic supply crunch. In a scenario played out previously by LNG shippers including Indonesia and Malaysia, Australia is seeking to import …

Bloomberg The 10-year Treasury yield topped 3.05 percent for the first time in four years, stocks slumped from two-month highs and the dollar rallied as speculation grew that signs of a firm American economy won’t derail the Federal Reserve from its rate path. The S&P 500 Index halted a four-day rally, ending a risk-on mood that had propelled equities to …