Bloomberg Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is lining up banks to raise money to acquire as much as 70 percent of chemical producer Saudi Basic Industries Corp. in a deal that could value the stake at about $70 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Some of Wall Street’s biggest lenders are offering Aramco loans for the …

Bloomberg The booming market for liquefied natural gas can weather an escalating US-China trade war. But the risks are mounting. So far, LNG has been left off the growing list of tit-for-tat tariffs. If that changes, prices will rise and deter buyers just when new markets for the fuel are opening up, according to Paul Wogan, the chief executive officer …

Bloomberg India’s plan to cut imports of Chinese solar cells and modules by imposing a safeguard duty may have the opposite effect in the short run, according to ICBC International Research Ltd. Stockpiles could rise rapidly as Indian developers hoard more modules before the proposal to impose a 25 percent safeguard tariff is expected to take effect in the next …