MOSCOW / WAM France won the World Cup Russia in a thrilling final with Croatia at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadiumon on Sunday. France overwhelmed Croatia 4-2 to be FIFA World Cup 2018 champion for second time, after winning in 1998. Croatia was playing in its first World Cup final. For France, it was a first World Cup crown since winning on …

Bloomberg Vitol Group, the world’s largest independent oil trader, is among firms considering bids for Spanish oil company Cepsa Trading SA as its owner weighs alternatives to an initial public offering planned for later this year, according to people familiar with the matter. Cepsa, owned by Abu Dhabi wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, could be valued at around 10 billion …

Bloomberg India, the world’s fastest growing oil consumer, is bucking an emerging market trend of populist measures to curb surging oil prices. While governments in Indonesia, Brazil and elsewhere are cutting or freezing prices, India is standing its ground on gasoline and diesel costs even after they rose as much as 16 percent this year. India has, so far, resisted …