Bloomberg Home Depot Inc. sales got another shot in the arm from the US housing boom last quarter, with an extra boost from hurricane-recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and Southern states. A push by Americans to fix up their properties—using money generated by rising home values—helped lift the retailer’s same-store sales by 7.5 percent. That beat analysts’ prediction of 6.5 …

London / Reuters OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, including Russia, will discuss extending their cooperation for many more years when they meet in June as they seek to avoid major market shocks, the UAE Minister of Energy and Industry, Suhail Mohammed Faraj Al Mazrouei said. Al Mazrouei, who holds OPEC’s presidency this year, said leaders of the UAE, OPEC’s biggest …

Bloomberg Treasuries fell, with investors driving the benchmark yield higher as the government auctioned a deluge of bonds. US stocks pared losses in late-morning trading, looking to add to a six-day rally. The Treasury started a week of auctions totalling $258 billion on Tuesday with $151 billion of short-term bills and $28 billion of two-year notes. The two-year rate jumped …