Bloomberg Glencore Plc is doubling down on coal, even as rivals BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group move away from the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. The company, run by former coal trader Ivan Glasenberg, made a surprise eleventh-hour $3.5 billion bid for a huge patch of thermal coal-rich ground on Australia’s east coast controlled by Rio Tinto Group and …

Bloomberg India’s government has signaled it will press ahead with the roll out of a goods and services tax on July 1, pushing back against speculation it’s considering delaying the launch of one of its flagship reforms. “The rumors about GST implementation being delayed are false,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said in a Twitter post on Tuesday. “Please do not …

Bloomberg As the Union Jack fluttered over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for the last time on June 30, 1997, home prices were hovering near record highs and sellout crowds at new projects were the norm. Twenty years on, property price have hit fresh records and buyers are still thronging to buy new apartments. This time around, the boom has been …