Bloomberg Quebec’s energy minister, who met with New York officials this week, sensed “genuine interest” from the state in importing hydropower from the Canadian province. Pierre Arcand is hopeful that Hydro-Quebec, Canada’s biggest electric utility, can reach a deal by the end of this year to supply power to New York under a long-term contract, he said in an …

  Bloomberg Egypt’s Palm Hills Developments SAE expects a jump in sales this year, even as a currency flotation and rising inflation put the nation’s property market under strain. The luxury real estate developer is aiming for about 8.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($450 million) of contracted sales and plans to deliver some 2,000 units in 2017, Chairman Yasseen Mansour said …

  Bloomberg Seeking new ways to market their product, producers of liquefied natural gas are turning to an age-old technique: packaging. As demand for electricity booms in developing nations from South Africa to Chile, LNG producers are offering to supply both fuel and a power plant in partnership agreements that can lock in consumption of their product for years. For …