Bloomberg The UK Health and Safety Executive is investigating the causes of a crack in a key North Sea oil pipeline that disrupted production at more than 80 fields for weeks. While an HSE spokesman couldn’t comment further on the matter, such investigations aren’t automatically triggered. Incidents must be severe or unusual enough to meet the regulator’s criteria for a ...

Bloomberg Angola is poised to become the latest emerging nation to abandon its currency peg as it seeks to rescue an economy still reeling from the oil-price crash four years ago. The southern African nation, an OPEC member, said this week it would let the kwanza trade within a new band. The rate at which it’s been fixed against the ...

Bloomberg Fortis Healthcare Ltd. is seeking a cash injection of as much as 50 billion rupees ($790 million) as part of its billionaire founders’ talks to sell their stake in India’s second-largest private hospital chain, according to President Daljit Singh. Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh have been in talks with private equity firms for the past year to sell their ...

Bloomberg Hindalco Industries Ltd. is among potential buyers that submitted bids for US aluminum producer Aleris Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said, as Indian billionaire owner Kumar Mangalam Birla moves ahead with plans to expand his overseas operations. Mumbai-listed Hindalco made a non-binding offer through its US unit, Novelis Inc., and will now conduct due diligence, according to ...

Bloomberg Thousands of tourists have floated in a hot-air balloon over Myanmar’s historic Bagan plains dotted with more than 2,200 ancient Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries. Chances are they rode one of Memories Group Ltd.’s inflatables. The company, the largest operator of balloons in the area, rose 48 percent above its placement price in its debut session on the Singapore ...

Bloomberg Takata Corp., the parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy after sparking the largest auto recall in history, called back 3.3 million air bags as part of a US order that scheduled repairs of the potentially deadly devices over several years. The supplier identified at least 15 automakers that purchased the air bags, including Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., ...

Bloomberg The US wants Britain to cut European Union regulations after Brexit to boost the chances of striking a free-trade deal between the two countries. If Prime Minister Theresa May ditches some EU rules on farming and food processing, “there is a much greater opportunity for trade between the UK and US,” according to Ted McKinney, undersecretary for trade at ...

Bloomberg Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he’s never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29 percent of his stake in the ride-hailing company, people with knowledge of the matter said. Kalanick stands to reap about $1.4 billion from the transaction with SoftBank Group Corp. and ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. said all Mac computers and iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users. The Cupertino, California-based company said recent software updates for iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, Mac desktops and laptops, and the Apple TV set-top-box mitigate one of the vulnerabilities known as ...

Bloomberg It’s been less than a month since Congress approved a sweeping tax overhaul and states are already champing at the bit to get a piece of the action. Regulators from Montana to Kentucky have ordered utilities to act now to ensure ratepayers share in the windfall from the tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump that slashed ...