Bloomberg US crude explorers reduced drilling to a 15-month low as oil dipped into bear-market territory. Working American oil rigs fell by 11 this week to 789, according to data released by oilfield-services provider Baker Hughes. More than half the decline happened in the Permian Basin, the biggest source of American crude. Crude futures traded in New York fell into ...

Bloomberg China’s Trina Solar Ltd., one of largest panel manufacturers, says it’s well insulated from the growing trade dispute with the US. The reason: the last trade dispute with the US. When the US imposed anti-dumping penalties on solar panels imported from China under President Barack Obama, Trina built factories in Thailand and Vietnam to serve American customers, said Steven ...

Bloomberg Airbnb Inc says it’s back in business in Japan, a year after stricter home-sharing regulations forced it to freeze a major portion of its listings in the country. There are 50,000 listings available in the country, with another 23,000 rooms in hotels and traditional inns known as ryokan, Airbnb said in a statement. That’s compares with 60,000 total in ...