U.S. power equipment maker GE Vernova said on Thursday it agreed to sell Proficy, its industrial software business, to asset management firm TPG for $600 million as part of cost-cutting measures.

A self-described ‘super geek’ is hoping to be crowned world spreadsheet champion. Ha Dang, 33, from Scunthorpe, is going up against 64 keyboard whizzes from around the world in Las Vegas to be crowned ...