Bloomberg A unit of Reliance Industries Ltd acquired solar panel manufacturer REC Solar Holdings AS in a deal giving the company an enterprise value of $771 million as the Indian oil-to-retail conglomerate seeks to extend its dominance into alternative energy. The purchase of Norway-based REC Solar from China National Bluestar Group Co will help Reliance New Energy Solar expand in ...

One way to gauge just how transitory the current supply-chain challenges are is to look at the degree to which companies are spending to add more capacity. The third-quarter industrial earnings season kicks off next week with factory-floor distributor Fastenal Co. The theme will undoubtedly be logistical logjams and parts shortages, which have become materially worse since the last time ...

I have met Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg only once and it did not go well. It was at a dinner in July 2017, in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, and controversy was raging about Facebook’s political role. I had the temerity to warn him that he increasingly resembled a cross between John D Rockefeller and William ...