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Bloomberg Oil traded near $53 a barrel, holding its longest winning streak this year before US government data forecast to show record crude stockpiles declined. Futures were little changed in New York after rising 5.7 percent in the previous five sessions. Inventories probably dropped by 1.5 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey before an Energy Information Administration ...

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia will begin seeking bids next week from renewable-energy companies to build wind and solar plants with a combined capacity of 700 megawatts as part of the kingdom’s $50 billion program to boost power generation and cut its oil consumption. Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih will announce a request for proposals for the projects, the next phase ...

  Bloomberg Spot metallurgical coal is heading for a record after surging above $300 a metric ton amid supply curbs from Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of the commodity used to make steel. Morgan Stanley says “panic buying” has helped double the price of premium hard coking coal over the past eight sessions after rain from the remnants of cyclone ...

  Bloomberg Toshiba Corp., the 142-year-old conglomerate, warned on Tuesday it may not be able to continue as a going concern as it grapples with billions of dollars in losses from its Westinghouse Electric nuclear business. The disclosure came as the Japanese company reported earnings for the third quarter after missing two previous deadlines for financial results. Toshiba posted an ...

  Bloomberg India is considering turning to the private sector to help plug a chronic shortage of capital for infrastruc- ture projects. The Reserve Bank of India is proposing Asia’s third-largest economy offer licenses to private companies to set up infrastructure banks. That could help finance $1.5 trillion in roads, ports, power and other projects over the next 10 years ...

  Bloomberg Qualcomm Inc. accused Apple Inc. of lying to regulators to spur investigations of the chipmaker, and threatening it to cover up the use of inferior parts in some iPhones. The world’s largest maker of phone semiconductors responded to a January lawsuit from Apple with counterclaims for damages late on Monday, alleging the iPhone maker breached contractual pledges, mischaracterized ...

  Bloomberg Dialog Semiconductor Plc’s shares plunged the most in more than 16 years after an analyst warned that Apple Inc. probably will cut back on the use of the company’s power-management chips. “There is strong evidence that Apple is developing its own power-management integrated circuits and intends to replace the chip made by Dialog at least in part,” Karsten ...

  Bloomberg BMW AG, Ford Motor Co. and Jaguar Land Rover are among the winners of 110 million pounds ($136 million) from the UK for the development of low-carbon vehicles and driverless cars. The funding for a total of 38 projects, including 62 million pounds for low-emission cars and 31 million pounds for autonomous vehicles, will help protect almost 2,400 ...

  Bloomberg UK grocers are finding creative ways of passing on Brexit-induced cost increases to consumers. If you’re shopping for candles or light bulbs, buyer beware. Unable to raise prices of staple goods from milk to Marmite because of tough competition from discounters and watchful tabloid newspapers, supermarket operators like Tesco Plc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Asda are ratcheting them ...

  Bloomberg UK inflation’s upward trajectory paused in March as the timing of Easter led to a drop in airfares, offsetting increases in the price of food and clothing. While the rate was unchanged compared with February at 2.3 percent, that’s still the highest since 2013 and up from just 0.5 percent a year ago. The increase over the past ...