


TotalEnergies SE reported a smaller-than-expected drop in first-quarter profit as a resilient oil market partly offset lower gas prices.

Chinese stocks are having a stunning week with the Hang Seng Index on track for its best week since 2011.

Anglo American Plc has rejected a $39 billion takeover proposal from BHP Group, saying it significantly undervalues the company.

APS Asset Management Pte founder Kok-Hoi Wong is preparing to step down as chief investment officer of the Singapore-based hedge fund in the coming year.

Namibia’s oil potential could one day match Guyana, where big discoveries have sparked an economic transformation and set the world’s biggest companies jostling for position.

Investors in Japanese government bonds have already had a taste of quantitative tightening by the nation’s central bank.

Japan must implement laws to better regulate companies like Meta Platforms Inc. when they fail to address social media scams, the head of the ruling party’s digital promotion working group said.

Parrying is the price that must be paid

The last time BHP Group took a swing at another major miner, it was Rio Tinto Plc back in 2007. That could have been a blockbuster $150 billion takeover, but with metals prices crashing as the financial crisis took hold and with China signaling its discontent, the plan crumbled.

Hong Kong home prices rose for the first time in almost a year in March as the city’s removal of property curbs revived sales.