Bloomberg Benchmark European natural gas prices declined for a seventh consecutive session, with Russian flows to the continent continuing while the war in Ukraine grinds on. Orders for Russian gas shipments via Ukraine edged higher, but remained below capacity, while the Yamal-Europe pipeline continued to flow eastward to Poland from Germany. Gas transiting Russia’s main pipeline link to Europe, ...

Emmanuel Macron is within striking distance of a historic re-election as French president after clinching a first-round lead against his far-right nemesis Marine Le Pen. Investors should be relieved, but not complacent. Round two on April 24 will be a close-run affair. Early results show France’s establishment parties in tatters. An increasingly fragmented electorate is looking for new answers after ...

Oops. Looks like Elon Musk isn’t joining Twitter Inc’s board after all. Less than a week after Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal excitedly tweeted that the world’s richest man would get a seat, he’s now been forced to backpedal after saying Musk declined the offer. Musk was supposed to take up his post, Agrawal wrote in a memo subsequently posted ...