Bloomberg The acquisition spree that returned much of Alberta’s oil sands to Canadian hands is so far working out as the buyers projected, with results at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Cenovus Energy Inc. beating expectations on the back of higher output and lower costs. Canadian Natural posted third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates as its buyouts of Royal Dutch …

Bloomberg NetEase Inc., China’s second-largest video game publisher, is deepening a push into e-commerce with plans to increase spending on products from the US, Europe and Japan to sell to local consumers. The company’s Kaola e-commerce business will buy about $11 billion of inventory over the next three years from the US, Europe and Japan to woo customers with everything …

Bloomberg Lenders to embattled Reliance Communications Ltd. have bought themselves some time in taking provisions on $7 billion of debt, but still face an uphill struggle in turning around the phone company. Last week, the carrier currently controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani proposed banks convert about 15 percent of the loans owed to them into a 51 percent stake, a …