Shell Plc signed an agreement to sell to BP Plc its 27% stake in the carbon-intensive Browse natural gas project off the northwest coast of Australia, one of the country’s largest untapped gas fields.
Glen Point Capital co-founder Neil Phillips asked a federal judge to toss out charges that he tried to manipulate the $7.5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.
A Dubai watch auction puts $9.4 million of timepieces on the block. This and more of what’s making luxury news in the region.
The head of Atom Bank sees “huge scope for growth” in British mortgages and business loans as the British lender looks to raise about £150 million ($189 million) to fund expansion ahead of a stock market listing as early as next year.
Germany will start one of the most affordable public transit offers anywhere in the world on Monday, setting a new benchmark to encourage consumers to ditch their cars and putting pressure on Berlin to make the shift work.
India’s capital markets regulator may ask the country’s top court to give it more time to finish its investigation into short-seller Hindenburg Research’s allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, the Business Standard reported, citing people it didn’t name.
Hong Kong urged banks to provide services to licensed virtual-asset firms, part of the city’s push to become a crypto hub and a stance that contrasts with a crackdown on the digital-asset sector in the US.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit South Korea in early May to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Kyodo News reports, citing sources it didn’t identify. The meeting is expected to take place around May 7 or May 8, the report says.
A victim of Jeffrey Epstein asked a judge to let her represent more than 100 other women in a lawsuit alleging that JPMorgan Chase & Co. facilitated their abuse by the late financier.
Ukraine’s defense chief said final preparations are underway for a counteroffensive that’s expected as an attempt to dislodge Russian forces from parts of Ukraine’s southeast.
