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Bloomberg Oil held near $56 a barrel as markets digested political uncertainty from Germany to the Middle East and anticipation about OPEC’s next move kept traders on the defensive. Futures slipped as much as 1.7 percent in New York after rising 2.6 percent. In Germany, the breakdown of talks to form a new government coalition raised questions about the future ...

Bloomberg Orsted A/S, the Danish company built on oil and gas extraction, will issue its first green bonds as it moves towards completing a transition to renewable energy. Orsted, which sold its oil division earlier this year, plans to offer a hybrid note due in 3017 (it’s a 1,000-year bond) and a senior unsecured bond maturing in 2029, the company ...

Bloomberg Mom-and-pop investors haven’t been this crazy for Hong Kong initial public offerings since 2009. Hong Kong retail stock buyers placed orders for $163 billion worth of equity in this year’s major deals, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s equal to more than three quarters of the territory’s monetary base. The most popular was China Literature Ltd., a local ...

Bloomberg Reliance Communications (RCom) Ltd., the Indian mobile phone operator that defaulted on dollar bonds in the highest-profile debt failure since the country’s new bankruptcy code was passed, faces risks of insolvency if it can’t sell its assets at high enough valuations, according to SC Lowy Financial HK Ltd. “We think the valuations they have provided are optimistic,” said Mihir ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Chinese companies to take a role in the country’s wireless communications industry to add a third carrier to compete with PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. Duterte offered China the right to operate in the Philippines during his bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Duterte spokesman Harry Roque told reporters in Manila ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s beleaguered rail system can’t catch a break. Days after a software glitch caused a train collision that injured more than 30 people, lightning struck a train on the same line. Literally. A mass rapid transit train on the East-West Line was struck by lightning on Monday afternoon, causing delays in journey times, The Straits Times reported. The lightning ...

Bloomberg Britain’s productivity malaise may find a solution from the unlikeliest of places—Brexit. Poor productivity has long been the bane of the UK, with output per worker far below the Group-of-Seven average and successive predictions for a recovery since the financial crisis failing to materialise. Still, according to UBS Wealth Management economist Dean Turner, Britain’s exit from the European Union ...

Bloomberg Qualcomm Inc. investors want at least $10 more than the $70-a-share Broadcom Ltd. is offering. If history is any guide, they might get partway there. “We would be very interested in evaluating an offer that begins with an 8,” said Daniel O’Keefe, a fund manager of the $3.1 billion Artisan Global Value Fund, which owns Qualcomm stock. The board ...

Bloomberg Marvell Technology Group, a chipmaker looking to build itself a future outside of a declining area of the market, has agreed to buy Cavium Inc. for about $6 billion. The buyer will pay $40 in cash plus 2.1757 Marvell common shares for each Cavium share, according to a statement Monday. Marvell plans to use $1.75 billion in debt financing ...

Bloomberg London’s iconic red double-decker buses will soon run on a biofuel partially made from old coffee grounds. The fuel will be supplied by a demonstration project set up by Bio-bean Ltd., a London-based company that joined with Royal Dutch Shell Plc on the initiative. It will produce 6,000 litres a year of the fuel. “It’s got a high oil ...