Bloomberg Orsted, the world’s biggest developer of offshore wind parks, agreed to sell a stake in a farm off coast of Taiwan in a deal worth $2.7 billion. The agreement hands Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and Cathay PE, a Taiwanese private equity fund, 50% of Orsted’s 605 megawatt Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm, Danish company said. …

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. said it would rescind plans to cut jobs and wages next year, now that new federal payroll support has been approved, averting what would have been the first worker layoffs in the carrier’s history. US airlines will receive $15 billion to pay workers as part of the package President Donald Trump signed into law on Sunday. …

Bloomberg Smaller Chinese companies and those in the retail industry are struggling to access credit amid a weak recovery in consumer spending, according to China Beige Book International (CBBI), a provider of independent economic data. Loan rejection rates for retail businesses increased to 38% in the final quarter of 2020 from 14% in the previous quarter, according to the latest …