Bloomberg TotalEnergies acquired 49% of Gabonese logging firm Compagnie des Bois du Gabon, the French oil major’s first foray into Gabon’s forestry sector. TotalEnergies, which has been pumping oil in the central African country for more than 80 years and is its leading fuel retailer, said it is joining forces with CBG to develop a new forest management model ...

  The headquarters moves by Caterpillar Inc. and Boeing Co are a sign of how detached the corporate mailbox is becoming from industrial companies’ core manufacturing operations. Caterpillar announced that it would move its global headquarters to an existing office in Irving, Texas — part of the Dallas-Fort Worth area — from its current location in the Chicago suburb of ...

Over a decade ago, Elon Musk scoffed at the idea that China’s BYD Co was a legitimate competitor. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Now, Warren Buffett-backed BYD is set to wash out its closest rival in China, Tesla Inc. A BYD executive said that his company was “preparing to supply batteries to Tesla very soon.” The potential deal will ...