Bloomberg Lightstream Resources Ltd., a Canadian energy company struggling to repay creditors, is proposing a debt-for-equity swap that would see its top-ranked bondholders take majority ownership. The oil producer, facing a July 15 deadline to make an interest payment, has an agreement regarding the proposal with a committee representing 91.5 percent of the second-lien secured notes, the company said …

  Bloomberg The best forecaster for the Peruvian sol is raising his estimate for the currency as expectations fade that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. Lee Hardman, a currency analyst at Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFG, the best forecaster of the sol in the second quarter, expects it to weaken to 3.4 per dollar …

  Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp., the biggest gold miner, is looking into ways to restart its stalled Pascua-Lama project on the Chile-Argentina border, including a staged development. Possible changes to the decade-old mine plan include a smaller open pit, an underground mine on either side of the border or starting with one line in the mill to generate cash for …