DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia has asked banks for proposals to refinance its $10 billion international syndicated loan and to help the sovereign raise funds through other means, the country’s debt management office said. In addition to the req- uest for proposals (RFP) on the loan refinancing, the government has issued RFPs covering further US dol- lar debt capital market ...

Bloomberg Sanofi SA agreed to buy Bioverativ Inc., a spinoff from biotech giant Biogen Inc., for about $11.6 billion in a bid by France’s biggest drugmaker to gain treatments for rare blood disorders. The deal values haemophilia drugmaker Bioverativ at $105 a share, according to a statement from Sanofi. Sanofi shares fell 2.6 percent to 71.05 euros at 9:18 am ...

Bloomberg For the modern foreign-exchange trader, it’s now possible to find a date, hail a cab and trade $100 million—all through their mobile phone. The world’s biggest financial market is embracing the iPhone era as investors find new ways to work when they’re not on the trading floor. In a JPMorgan Chase & Co. survey of more than 400 institutional ...