Nepal may seek electricity from India to cover any shortfalls after flash floods damaged hydropower plants, knocking out about 8% of the country’s generation capacity, according to the energy ministry.

Iraq is offering buyers of its crude the option to collect supplies from outside of the Persian Gulf for the first time since the Iran war began, highlighting resilient exports flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.

India is nearing the rollout of a fresh incentive program for advanced battery cell component makers worth up to 130 billion rupees ($1.37 billion), according to people familiar with the program, part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to close a persistent cost gap with Chinese producers.

Snacks company Pladis Foods Ltd. is in talks for a private placement bond sale of as much as $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fortum Oyj submitted an application for Swedish state aid to build new nuclear reactors at an existing site with power demand set to surge in the coming decades.

Harmony Gold Mining Co.’s profit for the year through June doubled as the biggest producer of South African gold benefitted from booming prices for the precious metal.

Pernod Ricard SA expects to hit only the lower end of its medium-term forecast for sales growth as the French drinks company contends with a prolonged slump in demand.

It is said that Brits can often see four seasons in one day, with surveys showing the UK weather as the main reason for booking a holiday abroad.

Mineral Resources Ltd. is looking to expand beyond Australia and diversify into copper after posting a record profit thanks to buoyant iron ore and lithium prices.

Hong Kong home prices eased in July, ending the longest winning streak since 2018, underscoring weakening sentiment in the residential market.

Qantas Airways Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Vanessa Hudson called for chronic shortages of air traffic controllers at Sydney Airport to be fixed, saying around 60,000 passengers were affected by flight delays in July alone.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. turned down a bid from investor Carl Icahn to take the company private and instead chose a lower offer from billionaire Tilman Fertitta because it was more comfortable with other terms of his proposal, according to a filing Wednesday by the casino giant.

Private equity giant KKR & Co. has agreed to pay $250 million to resolve a civil antitrust case filed by the US Justice Department alleging the investment firm intentionally withheld documents from government-required merger reviews on more than a dozen deals, the largest-ever penalty for filing violations.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he was clear during recent negotiations with Canada that medium- and heavy-duty trucks would be excluded from tariff relief, as officials sparred again over which side was responsible for the failure of the talks.

China is making a big bet on green hydrogen that could make or break a fuel long-touted as holding the keys to the global energy transition.

Qantas Airways Ltd. reported its lowest annual profit in four years after the Iran war sent the price of fuel soaring.

Wendy’s Co. plunged in late trading on Wednesday after Reuters reported that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management has no plans to make a bid at this time to take the fast-food chain private.

The western Canadian province of Saskatchewan will put a 50% tax on US alcoholic beverages in retaliation for new American tariffs on Canadian beer, wine and liquor.

Paramount Skydance Corp. could get roughly $8 billion and some legal relief if it agreed to sell Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s Turner networks as a path toward settlings two lawsuits challenging the Warner acquisition, according to Bloomberg Intelligence estimates.