Bloomberg India’s economy contracted by the most on record last quarter as the world’s biggest lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic brought key industries to a halt and rendered millions of people jobless. Gross domestic product shrinks 23.9% in the three months to June from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a report on Monday. That’s the sharpest …

Bloomberg Veolia Environnement SA offered 2.9 billion euros ($3.5 billion) for a 29.9% stake in French rival Suez SA, reviving an eight-year-old attempt to create a world leader in waste and water services. Veolia offered to acquire the stake from energy giant Engie SA for 15.50 euros a share in cash, 27% more than where the target closed, Veolia said …

Bloomberg Activist climate investors warned Samsung C&T over its potential involvement in a new coal power plant in Southeast Asia amid mounting global pressure to halt use of the dirtiest fossil fuel. Investment arms of Legal & General Group Plc, the UK’s biggest manager of corporate pension schemes, Norway’s KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS and Helsinki-based Nordea Bank Abp, have urged the …

Bloomberg Waltersmith Petroman Oil Ltd, a Nigerian independent producer, will open a 5,000-barrel a day capacity modular refinery in Africa’s top crude producer that imports all of its refined-product needs. The company, Nigeria’s first producer from marginal fields, plans to increase output to 30,000 barrels a day in two years, Chief Executive Officer Chikezie Nwosu said at a webinar. Nigeria …

Bloomberg Adani Enterprises Ltd is seeking a controlling stake in Mumbai’s international airport as billionaire Gautam Adani continues his aggressive push into what was until recently the world’s fastest-growing aviation market. Adani Airport Holdings Ltd will acquire the debt of GVK Airport Developers Ltd, the holding company of GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd, according to an exchange filing on Monday. …

Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd is marketing an Australian dollar bond, joining a record global wave of airline debt issuance to build up cash buffers as the Covid-19 pandemic pummels air travel. The Australian airline is looking to price a 10-year note at an indicative coupon of around 5.25%, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to …

Bloomberg An upscale Miami-area shopping mall is moving to evict Saks Fifth Avenue, saying the retailer hasn’t paid rent since March 16 and owes about $1.9 million. Saks told its landlord, Bal Harbour Shops LLC, in August that it couldn’t make lease payments on its three-level retail store due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a lawsuit …

Bloomberg Ghana is reopening its main airport to international flight passengers from September 1 after putting in place new measures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Any passenger arriving in Ghana will have to present a negative Covid-19 result, taken no more than 72 hours before departure from the country of origin, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a …

Bloomberg The airline industry, yearning to bounce back from the prolonged global outbreak of Covid-19, is pulling out more tricks designed to get fliers back on board. United Airlines spiked its loathed $200 change fee for domestic flights and said that, beginning next year, customers can fly standby for free if there’s an available seat on the same day as …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG plans to double its headcount in China over five years as the firm accelerates its pursuit of the nation’s wealthy, seeking to move past a scandal that’s engulfed once-favoured client and Luckin Coffee Inc. founder Lu Zhengyao. The bank has largely normalised approvals for Chinese companies, ending the increased scrutiny on loans that followed allegations …