President Joe Biden told Southeast Asian nations on Wednesday the United States would stand with them in defending freedom of the seas and democracy and called China's actions towards Taiwan "coercive" and a threat to peace and stability.
Privately-owned Votorantim SA, one of Brazil's biggest diversified industrial groups, has announced a plan with Canada Pension Plan to consolidate their energy assets in Brazil to create a listed integrated renewables platform, they said on Monday.
Bluesource, a private U.S. company that advises companies on emissions reductions, said Tuesday it has entered a $500 million joint venture with an investment firm to purchase and manage timber forests less intensively to help curb climate change.
Industrial-automation systems maker Emerson Electric Co said on Monday it would merge its software units with smaller rival Aspen Technology in a deal for about $11 billion.
RWE, Germany's biggest power producer, on Thursday said it has formed a joint venture with Public Power Corporation (PPC) <DEHr.AT>, which will initially focus on realising solar projects worth up to 2 gigawatts in Greece.