Bloomberg Just a week after revealing its plan to turn itself into a clean-energy giant, BP Plc watched its share price drop to a 25-year low. Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney and his new management team gave more than 10 hours of presentations over three days last week, in a bid to show the world that the oil and gas …
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Topaz set to test Canada energy appetite with IPO
Bloomberg Tourmaline Oil Corp is betting investors have an appetite for more Canadian energy stocks, offering up the biggest initial share sale to come out of Alberta’s oil patch in three years. The Calgary-based natural gas driller is creating a new royalty and energy infrastructure company through an initial public offering of Topaz Energy Corp, with the new entity and …
Read More »Apple’s $15 billion tax victory faces EU appeal at top court
Bloomberg Apple Inc.’s victory over a record back-tax order faces a challenge at the European Union’s top court as Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager seeks to rescue her crackdown on allegedly unfair fiscal deals doled out to multinational companies. The EU’s General Court “made a number of errors of law†when it sided with Apple in its ruling in July, the …
Read More »Nissan may return to profit in 2021
Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. expects to return to profitability in 2021 if the current momentum continues, with demand in China already bouncing back from the pandemic, Chief Executive Officer Makoto Uchida said. The company, which in May reported its first fiscal year loss in a decade and the biggest in 20 years, is forecasting a strong recovery in the Chinese …
Read More »Google’s search business targeted in antitrust case
Bloomberg Google’s search engine, one of the most-profitable businesses in history, is about to face its biggest challenge as the US government readies an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of crushing competition to protect and extend its monopoly. After a 14-month investigation, the Justice Department is homing in on whether Google skews search results to favor its own products and …
Read More »Podcaster Wondery explores sale for hundreds of millions
Bloomberg Wondery Inc., the company behind hit podcasts has hired financial advisers to explore strategic options, including a potential sale, hoping to cash in on growing interest from technology and media firms. Wondery is expected to garner at least $200 million if it pursues a sale and could fetch as much as double that, which would represent the biggest podcasting …
Read More »Facebook tightens rules on what its staff can discuss
Bloomberg Facebook Inc. will require employees to use either their own picture or an image of their initials as their internal profile photo as part of a broader effort to encourage more respectful discourse internally. The policy will prohibit using profile images with political content. The company will also create dedicated groups on its internal employee network for people to …
Read More »Oil holds near $40 with stock markets rising
Bloomberg Oil held near $40 a barrel in New York as positive European manufacturing data and rising equity markets gave some respite to demand worries. Futures edged higher, buoyed by stronger-than-expected manufacturing figures from Germany, while S&P 500 futures advanced with European equities. Citigroup Inc. said it remains bullish on the outlook for oil, though the market is undergoing a …
Read More »China vows carbon neutrality by 2060
Bloomberg China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060, tightening its target to cut greenhouse-gases, and signaled higher spending on green technologies in the next five years, major pledge in the fight against climate change by the planet’s worst polluter. President Xi Jinping, speaking during a virtual United Nations General Assembly, also reiterated his goal for emissions to peak before …
Read More »CleanCapital looking to raise $500m in assets
Bloomberg CleanCapital, a New York-based renewables investor that manages more than $500 million in assets, is looking to raise up to $500 million in corporate equity to invest in solar and battery-storage projects. The company is talking to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign-wealth funds and infrastructure funds focussed on North America that are seeking long-term investments, said CEO Thomas Byrne. …
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