Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is looking to raise as much as $8 billion selling dollar bonds as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter. The e-commerce giant aims to raise at least $5 billion but could wind up with more depending on the reception, said the people who aren’t authorised to speak publicly and asked ...

Bloomberg Benchmark Treasury yields touched 1% for the first time since March, European stocks rise and the dollar slid on speculation that Democrats could win the US Senate. Cyclical assets, such as US small-cap stock futures and European energy shares, posted strong gains as investors bet that a Democrat-controlled Congress would deliver a bigger economic aid package. Bitcoin surged past ...

Bloomberg Oil breached $50 a barrel as Saudi Arabia pledged a voluntary oil-production cut next month, while most of the Opec+ alliance agreed to hold its production steady. Futures in New York rose as much as 5.1%, topping $50 a barrel for the first time since February before easing off the high. Saudi Arabia didn’t provide a volume on the ...