Bloomberg Damac Properties Dubai Co. hired banks including Barclays Plc and HSBC Bank Plc for a possible sale of US dollar-denominated Islamic bonds, according to people familiar with the matter. The second-largest listed real estate developer in Dubai is expected to hire more banks to arrange the debt sale, which may happen as soon as this month, said the people, …

Bloomberg US stocks dropped in light trading as the weakness in technology shares persisted amid renewed presidential criticism of Amazon.com and retaliatory tariffs from China. The dollar held steady and Treasury yields climbed. The S&P 500 Index slumped after its first quarterly retreat since 2015, with volumes 17 percent below average. The Nasdaq 100 Index lost more than 1.5 percent …

Bloomberg The reckoning is starting for crypto hedge funds. Demand and profits are drying up at many of the more than 150 funds that popped during 2017’s spectacular surge in Bitcoin—which brought cryptocurrencies to the attention of scores of institutional and individual investors. This year’s 50 percent plunge in the value of Bitcoin has many investors thinking twice. At about …