LONDON -Britain’s Virgin Media O2 said on Friday its two owners were in talks with financial partners about funding a fibre network covering seven million premises, stepping up its challenge…
MUNICH – All options are on the table regarding sanctions on Russia in the event it attacks Ukraine, including the Nord Stream 2 pipeline intended to bring Russian gas to…
PARIS -French media company Vivendi, in which billionaire Vincent Bollore has the biggest individual stake, is considering raising its cash offer for Paris Match magazine owner Lagardere, as Vivendi progresses…
By Nora Buli OSLO – European gas storage levels have fallen less than feared after a mild winter and unprecedented deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG), but refilling will be…
– Pandemic restrictions in 2020 reduced the European Union’s oil and petroleum consumption in energy use to its lowest in 30 years, the bloc’s statistics office said on Friday. Eurostat…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Union is considering making more information available on trading in its carbon market, according to a draft document, amid calls from some governments…
By Alex Lawler LONDON – OPEC+ will work to integrate Iran into its oil supply-limiting accord should agreement be reached on reviving its nuclear deal with world powers, sources close…
By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI – A global supply crunch of electrolysers needed to produce green hydrogen and a lack of domestic manufacturers to make them pose a major challenge…
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA – Uganda on Friday blamed its withdrawal from an International Coffee Organisation (ICO) agreement this month on what it said are unfair tariffs and other barriers…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON – UK-based maritime company Fleetscape is investigating the possible transfer of Iranian oil to a tanker it finances, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed firm said after allegations…
By Tina Bellon, Hyunjoo Jin and David Shepardson – Tesla Inc’s ability to quickly issue safety patches via remote software updates is an approach other automakers eye enviously, but that…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Union wants to require countries to fill natural gas storage ahead of each winter, to help bolster stocks and cope with supply disruptions,…
-Spaceship company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc said on Friday that venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya would step down from his roles as chairman and board member to focus on other corporate…
MOSCOW – Escalating tensions between Moscow and Western countries over Ukraine and the possibility of sanctions against Russia have fuelled fears supplies of key commodities produced and exported by Russian…
MILAN -Non-binding offers for a non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio worth around 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) put on the block by Greece’s bad bank liquidator PQH are due next week,…
By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI – (This February 17 story corrects first line to say five million tonnes per annum, not cumulative) India plans to manufacture five million tonnes of…
By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin SINGAPORE -Singapore will begin implementing a long-flagged increase to its goods and services tax next year, its finance minister said in his budget speech…
BERLIN -The German government stands by the goal of implementing a global corporate tax reform drafted last year as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2023, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said during…
By John Geddie, Valerie Volcovici and Joe Brock – United Nations member states are set to meet this month in Nairobi to draft the blueprint for a global plastics treaty,…
– More than 100 United Nations member states will convene this month to draw up a blueprint for the first-ever global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. The U.N. says it…
MOSCOW – Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil has closed a deal to buy a 9.99% stake in Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz natural gas project from Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas…
By Mike Dolan LONDON -Inflation is raging, interest rates are rising and bonds look like treacherous investment waters – all of which make arguments for a dip back into the…
By David Milliken LONDON – British shoppers began to return to stores last month after many stayed away during a wave of COVID-19 cases that peaked at the turn of…
– Japan’s domestic investors are selling foreign equities and bonds aggressively this year, on concerns over monetary tightening by the world’s major central banks and its impact across global equity…
BEIJING -Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China fell 18.6% month-on-month in January after the country cut subsidies for NEVs by 30%, industry data showed on Friday. Sales of…