Bloomberg Californians are facing the largest mass blackout so far this year as the state’s biggest utility, PG&E Corp., prepares power shutoffs to prevent live wires from falling into dry brush and igniting wildfires with ferocious winds expected to sweep across the region. PG&E is planning to cut power to 386,000 homes and businesses — an estimated 1.2 million people ...

Bloomberg China’s fast-growing $157 billion market for exchange-traded funds became directly accessible to overseas investors, at least four years since the plan was first hatched. Four so-called “feeder” ETFs began trading in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the first batch in a project aimed at connecting the two markets. The Shenzhen funds track the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and the ...

Bloomberg Philippine stocks are beating global peers this week after having spent much of the year in the company of the world’s worst-performing equity markets. The turnaround has been spurred by economic reopenings and a drop in the pace of Covid-19 cases, which saw foreign investors turning net buyers of local stocks after 28 days of selling. The Philippine Stock ...