Bloomberg In what has been an annus horribilis for most developed-market equities, Japanese investors find their blue-chip benchmark back in positive territory for the year. Helped by a weaker yen and continued stimulus by a resolute Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Nikkei 225 index has outperformed peers and erased its 2022 losses on Monday. Its 0.3% gain compares with …

  DHAHRAN / WAM The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco or the company) on Sunday announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2022, posting a 90% year-on-year (YoY) increase in net income and declaring a dividend of $18.8 billion to be paid in the third quarter. The results set a new quarterly earnings record for the company since …

  ­­­Bloomberg The globe is in the grips of a climate crisis as temperatures soar and rivers run dry, and yet it’s never been a better time to make money by digging up coal. The energy-market shockwaves from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean the world is only getting more dependent on the most-polluting fuel. And as demand expands and prices …