Bloomberg Trafigura Group Ltd. racked up a 92 percent gain in profit in the first half of its financial year, taking advantage of price swings in the petroleum market and a dominant position exporting crude from the US. Joining peers in a strong performance, the third-biggest independent oil trader’s net income jumped to $426 million in the six months to ...

Bloomberg Connecticut is set to massively increase investment in offshore wind after the state Senate passed a bill to require utilities to buy as much as 2 gigawatts of the renewable energy source, equivalent to almost a third of the state’s electricity needs. Regulators will have 14 days to produce a plan to solicit bids from developers. Previously, the state ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc has a backup plan if the US-China trade war gets out of hand. The Cupertino, California-based company’s primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to make all iPhones bound for the US outside of China if necessary, according to a senior executive at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer now makes most of the smartphones ...