Bloomberg China National Chemical Corp. received approval from U.S. national security officials for its takeover of Swiss agrochemical and seeds company Syngenta AG, seen as the biggest regulatory hurdle that the $43 billion acquisition faces. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has cleared the transaction, the companies said in a statement on Monday. The deal, expected to …

  Bloomberg NTPC Ltd., India’s biggest power producer, reported a 4 percent increase in its first-quarter profit on the back of higher energy sales. Profit for the three months ended June 30 rose to 23.7 billion rupees ($353 million) from 22.76 billion rupees a year ago, according to a stock exchange filing. Revenue climbed 11 percent to 189.4 billion rupees …

  Bloomberg Shanghai Electric Power Co. said it’s seeking a stake in K-Electric Ltd., the $2.3 billion Pakistani utility, in what could become its largest overseas deal. The Chinese company is doing preliminary preparation work on acquiring a stake in K-Electric and hasn’t decided how much it will buy, it said in a Shanghai exchange filing Monday. Shanghai Electric Power …