Bloomberg Oil slipped after touching $70 a barrel in New York for the first time since October 2018 as a rally driven by signs of a tightening market eased. Futures jumped 5% last week but were unable to rise beyond $70 on Monday. Europe’s cities are as congested as they were in 2019, and the number of passengers passing through …

Bloomberg Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest energy company, hired advisers including Citigroup Inc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc for its first dollar-denominated Islamic bond sale. The state-controlled company may offer three tranches of notes due in three, five and 10 years, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm is raising cash to help fund its commitment to …

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc and HSBC Holdings Plc are opening their offices fully in Hong Kong as a fourth wave of infections was contained and the US investment bank said half of its staff in the financial hub are now vaccinated. Both banks told staff that all employees would be permitted to return to their Hong Kong offices, in …