Bloomberg Egypt’s urban consumer prices rose the fastest in at least six years in December, fueled in part by a 28.3 percent increase in food costs following the central bank’s decision to abandon currency controls two months ago. Annual urban inflation accelerated to 23.3 percent in December, while the monthly rate quickened to 3.1 percent, according to the state-run …

  Bloomberg Total SA agreed to buy a stake in a project in Uganda from Tullow Oil Plc for $900 million as a recovery in crude prices accelerates the pace of deals in the energy industry. French oil major Total will acquire a controlling stake in the Lake Albert development, the companies said on Monday in separate statements. Total will …

  Bloomberg Oil dropped the most in more than five weeks in New York amid concern about Iraqi compliance with OPEC production cuts. West Texas Intermediate futures fell 3.8 percent. Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports in the Gulf reached a record high in December, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said in an e-mailed statement. Gulf oil producers Saudi Arabia, …