Bloomberg Crude oil had its third weekly loss in a month as OPEC and its allies prepared to meet for a review of their production cuts, while swelling US stockpiles indicated the measures aren’t working yet. Futures slipped 1.7 percent this week in New York. US crude output continued to expand along with inventories last week, data from the government …

  Bloomberg A final icy blast of winter was welcome news for US natural gas bulls. Money managers raised their net-long position in the fuel by 7.8 percent in the seven days ended March 21 to the highest level since June 2014, just as a late-season freeze sent heating demand soaring. Bears cut short bets to a six-week low, US …

  Bloomberg China’s Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co. agreed to acquire a 21 percent stake in SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. from Blackstone Group LP, becoming the embattled US theme-park operator’s largest shareholder. The Asian leisure and tourism holding company will pay Blackstone $23 a share, or about $448.5 million based on shares held at the end of December. That represents a 33 …