Bloomberg Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki is considering running against President Muhammadu Buhari when Africa’s top oil producer holds elections in February. “I am consulting and actively considering it,” Saraki, 56, said in an interview at his residence in the capital, Abuja. “I believe I can make the change.” After recently defecting from the ruling All Progressives Congress, Saraki said ...

Bloomberg US stocks headed for their worst day in two months, joining a broad decline in global equities as disappointing earnings from Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. roiled technology shares and a plunge in commodities weighed on resource producers. Crude tumbled to below $65 a barrel after a report that American stockpiles rose the most since March 2017. The ...

Bloomberg China’s equities and currency slid, with the yuan weakening past 6.9 a dollar for the first time since May 2017 and losses in tech stocks spiraling into a broad selloff. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 2 percent at the close for its fourth day of losses. Tencent Holdings Ltd. rattled equities after surprising investors with its first ...