KHOBAR / Reuters Preparations to float shares of Saudi Aramco next year are proceeding, but no decision has been taken yet on the venue for the international listing, the chief executive of the state oil company told Al Arabiya Television channel. “Preparations are proceeding to the fullest extent for listing in 2018,” Amin Nasser told the channel in an interview …

CAIRO / Reuters Egypt has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for an instalment of about $2 billion more from a three-year, $12 billion loan programme, the IMF said. The payment, still subject to IMF executive board approval, will bring total disbursements under the program to about $6 billion. Egypt is pushing through ambitious economic reforms under …

Bloomberg Boosted by higher global prices, US coal miners are showing they can make money again. Now, for the hard part — winning back investors. Five of America’s largest coal producers — Alliance Resource Partners LP, Arch Coal Inc., Cloud Peak Energy Inc., Peabody Energy Corp. and Warrior Met Coal Inc. — reported a combined $801 million in third-quarter earnings …