Bloomberg Forget for a minute that the flower industry sells beauty and fragrance. Underneath its elegance is a business as cutthroat as Game of Thrones with mulch. Take the case of the Candy Bouquet, a pretty, magenta-and-yellow flower that resembles a petunia. It was developed by a German grower, WesthoffVertriebsgesellschaftMBH, that says it was on the verge of selling …

  Bloomberg Big oil is dipping a few more toes into clean energy. Exxon Mobil Corp. is partnering with a company to capture carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants. Total SA, the French oil supermajor, announced a $1.1 billion deal Monday to buy the battery maker Saft Groupe SA, complementing its 2011 purchase of a majority stake in the solar-panel maker …

  Bloomberg Last week’s $1.3 billion rout in exchange-traded funds focused on emerging markets engulfed even Mexico, where a stellar earnings season was overshadowed by concern that global growth is slowing. Traders pulled $155.2 million from the nation’s flagship iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF in the five-day period ending May 6, the most among major developing nations after China, according …