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Zambia's kwacha rose, joining a rally in the currencies of other African metal producers, as a surge in the price of copper promises to boost export earnings....

Freezing weather gripping France drove up power demand to the highest since February, forcing coal-fired plants to ramp up output....

For the likes of Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co., a multibillion-dollar opportunity beckons from Canada....

At CES, the annual consumer technology conference happening in Las Vegas next week, the biggest names in tech, including Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd., will make the case for artificial intelligence. Their target audience those few days: investors, corporate clients and — perhaps just as importantly — ordinary shoppers who have yet to be fully sold on the idea of AI-infused gadgets....

Bahrain approved fiscal reforms including changes to corporate income tax and spending cuts as the island nation seeks to curb rising debt levels and budget deficits....

The Nigerian National Petroleum Co. is discussing $2 billion in financing from Nexus Alliance, a company that supports pipeline infrastructure, according to people with knowledge of the matter....

Business development companies are set for their worst year relative to the S&P 500 since 2020, leading some investors to question their future in the $1.7 trillion private credit market....

Cheap beef may soon become further out of reach. Brazil, one of the world's few remaining sources of abundant cattle, is heading into a period of shrinking supplies that could push global prices higher....

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, in the second installment of our reports looking ahead to tech trends in 2026, Ian King writes that watching the less-publicized chipmakers may be a better way of assessing the future of artificial intelligence than keeping an eye on market leader Nvidia....

Trump and Xi have brokered a ceasefire on tariffs, but tension is flaring up on issues like Taiwan and rare earths...

At the big banks and the boutique investment shops, an optimistic consensus has taken hold: the US stock market will rally in 2026 for a fourth straight year, marking the longest winning streak in nearly two decades....

Vremt, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is suing battery maker Sunwoda Electronic Co. for at least 2.31 billion yuan ($330 million) over alleged product defects....

Saudi Arabia's unemployment rate rose for two consecutive quarters for the first time since 2018, signaling more challenging labor conditions as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman strives to transform the economy....

Despite surging demand for office space in Dubai, one tower on the edge of the city's financial district has stood empty for about a decade. That is about to change....

A supplier to Tesla Inc. ended up providing a tiny fraction of battery material the carmaker ordered almost three years ago, in part due to issues with the Cybertruck, according to a person familiar with the matter....

The African Export-Import Bank will incur losses on a $750 million loan to Ghana following the resolution of a dispute over the facility, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter....

Novo Nordisk A/S cut the listing prices of its obesity drug Wegovy in some Chinese provinces by half, local media Yicai reported, as the Danish drugmaker gears up for a potential flood of copycats....

The operator of South Africa's last remaining manganese smelter said it may have to cut as many as 600 jobs as high power prices undermine the viability of its business....

Children are particularly at risk of dying of the mosquito-born disease....

Airbus SE is churning out aircraft at a rapid clip in the final days of the year, with confidence building at the European planemaker that it can achieve the delivery goal it was forced to cut only a few weeks ago, according to people familiar with the situation....