Bloomberg Chevron Corp will be forced to effectively wind down its operations in Venezuela, dealing the Maduro regime’s crumbling oil industry another blow as US President Donald Trump maneuvers for regime change in the Latin American nation. The US Treasury Department will no longer allow the company to drill wells, sell and buy crude oil or oil products or transport …

Bloomberg The troubles facing Singaporean oil trading firm Hin Leong deepened as the city-state’s police have started investigating the company. The probe, which the Singapore Police Force confirmed by email, is the latest twist in the downfall of the company, which owes $3.85 billion to more than 20 banks and revealed in court filings that it hid about $800 million …

Bloomberg Stocks rose on Wednesday with US equity futures as investors monitored continued volatility in energy markets and earnings reports that haven’t been uniformly negative. Oil prices renewed their slide. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index opened higher, with gains in tech and telecom shares countering declines in energy companies. Stocks slipped in Japan but climbed in most other major Asia …