Bloomberg Hess Corp tumbled the most in almost three years, wiping out $1.5 billion in market valuation, after work at the oil explorer’s most promising international investment was halted by a Venezuelan blockade. The intervention threatened to derail development of a 5 billion-barrel discovery off Guyana’s coastline that is so important to Hess’s future growth plans that it receives top ...

Bloomberg Renewable energy in Germany probably matched or beat coal power generation for the first time, aided by favorable 2018 weather that boosted wind and solar capacity. The balance of German electricity generation is a closely watched measure by the government, which has funnelled billions of euros towards boosting the renewable energy in recent years. The estimates, which showed wind, ...

Bloomberg North and South Korea staged a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony to upgrade severed rail links, although UN Security Council approval would be needed to advance the project. Long-stalled plans to restore rail links severed by the Korean War were revived in historic summits by North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in earlier this year. While South ...