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Bloomberg President Donald Trump has vowed to revive America’s dying nuclear industry. Backers of a troubled Georgia nuclear project want him to prove it. They have asked the administration to come to the aid of a project to build two reactors to the Southern Co.’s Vogtle power plant, according to people familiar with the talks. That could include increasing or ...

Bloomberg Oil and Natural Gas Corp. plans to tap the debt market for the first time, an opportunity that may be hard to pass up for bond bulls. India’s largest state-run energy producer may sell bonds and take out loans of as much as $4 billion to pay for the purchase of the government’s $5.2 billion stake in Hindustan Petroleum ...

CAIRO / Reuters Egypt is looking to reverse a series of bans on its agricultural products that has hit one of its most promising export sectors, Abdel Hamid al-Demerdash, the head of Egypt’s Agriculture Export Council told Reuters. Egyptian crops from strawberries to peppers have been hit by temporary bans on concerns over pesticides residues. Sudan introduced a blanket ban ...

Bloomberg Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the US power mix as solar energy’s backup. During the upcoming August 21 eclipse, operators of giant solar fields from California to the Carolinas will cede market share to fast-start natural gas generators as well as hydroelectric plants and other sources to fill the gaps as ...

Bloomberg Equis Energy, the Singapore-based developer of power projects, has asked for binding bids for its $4 billion renewable energy business by late September, people with knowledge of the matter said. A consortium led by I Squared Capital is among suitors chosen to proceed in the bidding for the portfolio of Asia Pacific assets, according to the people. The infrastructure ...

Bloomberg The billionaire founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. pledged that the drugmaker would do better after reporting its first loss in at least 12 years amid regulatory headaches and a weakening market for generic drugs. “The reason why we are suffering is our inability to execute,” Dilip Shanghvi said on a conference call with analysts after the results were ...

Bloomberg China’s online watchdog has launched an investigation into reports of multiple violations at news services run by Tencent Holdings Ltd., Baidu Inc. and Weibo Corp., as the government continues to tighten scrutiny over internet content. The Cyberspace Administration of China said it’s instructed its Beijing and Guangdong branches to look into reports that some of the country’s largest online ...

Bloomberg Suzlon Energy Ltd. reported its lowest quarterly profit in a year as India’s support for auction mechanism to build wind energy projects slowed orders. The profit of $7.65 million during the usually quiet fiscal first quarter compared with a loss of 2.6 billion rupees in the year-ago period, according to a filing to the Indian stock exchange. The previous ...

Bloomberg Over in Asia’s booming dollar-bond market, there are two notable absentees: Thailand and the Philippines. The two countries are missing out on the rush to dollar-denominated debt, instead relying on their domestic fixed-income markets and lending from banks— something that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Issuance from Thailand and the Philippines combined stands at a paltry $3.7 billion, compared ...

Bloomberg Zai Lab Ltd., a Chinese drug developer working on cancer treatments, has picked banks to arrange a planned US initial public offering that could raise about $150 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Shanghai-based biopharmaceutical company, started by former Pfizer Inc. senior scientist Samantha Du, is working with Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., according ...