DUBAI / Reuters Gulf stock markets were mixed on Wednesday but Saudi Arabia was boosted by banks after credit rating agency Moody’s raised its outlook for the kingdom’s banking system to “stable” from “negative”. The Saudi stock index climbed 0.7 percent as 11 of the 12 listed banks gained, with the biggest, National Commercial Bank, rising 2.4 percent. “Saudi …

  Bloomberg European stocks rose, lifted by gains in mining companies, as traders prepared for decisions by Federal Reserve officials and by Dutch voters that may give market signals for the region’s interest rates and politics. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.4 percent at the close. Raw materials producers including Rio Tinto Plc and Glencore Plc led a rebound …

  Having been born into an Irish-American family in what was then a heavily Scots and Irish New Jersey town (Kearny), I somewhat irrationally associate Ireland with the past. But attention is suddenly turning to the future, as the political status of the two Irelands may be up for grabs, mostly because of Brexit. Although this may seem like a …