Bloomberg Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest crude exporter, awarded $18 billion in contracts to boost output capacity at two offshore oil fields even as the kingdom and its Opec partners restrict production. Saudi Arabia’s state oil company will add a combined 550,000 barrels a day of crude-production capacity at its Marjan and Berri fields, it said on Tuesday in a …

Bloomberg US stocks pared some early losses as markets await an onslaught of central bank news this week. The dollar strengthened to its highest level since mid-June and Treasuries slipped. The S&P 500 Index declined, led lower by materials and utilities stocks, as investors absorb recent profit warnings and stand by for more clues on the path for US monetary …

Bloomberg It’s an old saw of India’s budget documents — the devil lies in details of the fine print. A higher surcharge on wealthy Indians in the budget has spooked non-resident and overseas funds enough to erase 2.3 trillion rupees ($30 billion) in market value from companies in the S&P BSE Sensex over the past three sessions. The reason: the …