NEW DELHI / Reuters Indian oil consumption in 2017 grew at its slowest in four years, according to government statistics, hit by the government’s demonetisation move and a tax increase that knocked the gain in fuel use back to a modest 2.3 percent. The low growth also coincided with another year of weak, albeit improving, new vehicle sales. Last year’s ...

Bloomberg Less than two weeks in, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the fracker. The world’s two biggest oilfield service providers, Schlumberger Ltd. and Baker Hughes, are the best performers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Energy Index this year. Even smaller rivals are cashing in on investor enthusiasm over a 50 percent rise in oil prices ...

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc is taking small steps towards a future dominated by electric cars, renewable energy and carbon constraints, demonstrating its intent not to remain solely an oil and gas company. The energy giant agreed last month to purchase First Utility Ltd., the UK’s seventh-largest power provider. Its offshore-wind partnership with Eneco may expand further, with newspaper Telegraaf ...

Bloomberg While other mainstream auto brands head for sliding US demand this year, Jeep is rolling out new models to buck the trend and bring 16 straight months of sales declines to an end. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s most valuable brand is launching an all-new version of its iconic Wrangler sport utility vehicle in the first quarter, followed quickly by ...

Bloomberg A report on whether the UK has the right to change its mind on Brexit and remain in the European Union concluded that it would have to be a matter for judges. The European Parliament study said that the lack of any indication either way in Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty means that it can’t be a ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc., seeking to calm creators of articles and video after announcing a change in how their work will be promoted in its news feed, sent an email pledging to help them adapt. Stories and clips that draw comments and likes or are shared by users are more likely to be seen, Facebook said. The company will also continue ...

Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger got $36.3 million in compensation in 2017 as the company announced plans to acquire a majority of 21st Century Fox Inc. His pay will probably more than double in fiscal 2018. Iger, 66, received a $15.2 million cash bonus tied to results including segment operating income and return on invested capital, ...

Bloomberg Porsche SE’s board was ordered by a German court to answer critical shareholder questions about what management at Volkswagen AG and the carmaker’s majority investor knew about the diesel scandal and whether any evidence was destroyed. The holding company’s board must answer five questions originally asked at its 2016 annual shareholders meeting, a Stuttgart court said in two rulings ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump has handed European allies an ultimatum to revamp the nuclear deal with Iran, something they have no intention of doing, posing a potential new conflict with other world leaders. “This is a last chance,” Trump vowed in a statement announcing that he’d waived economic sanctions tied to the 2015 accord a final time: “No one should ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s decision to forgo a visit to London to open a new US embassy kindled doubts about his justification for staying away — even from his own nation’s diplomats. Trump asserted on Twitter that he “canceled” his trip to the UK next month because he didn’t like the deal under which the embassy was moved. He blamed ...