Bloomberg As OPEC ministers gathered in Vienna to agree a nine-month extension of their oil-supply pact, the man credited with bringing about the landmark deal learned from a news broadcast that he had been fired. The story broke as Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa attended a closed session with counterparts. First came an unconfirmed report from an Algerian TV station, …

DUBAI / Reuters Kuwait’s Agility, one of the largest Gulf logistics companies, said it had agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a civil lawsuit accusing it of defrauding the United States military on food supply contracts. It follows the earlier settlement of the parallel criminal portion of the case involving more than $8.6 billion of contracts that …

Bloomberg Britain’s fleet of solar panels generated a record amount of electricity, as the nation basked in sunshine during the hottest day of the year. UK solar power output rose to a record 8.75 gigawatts at 1 p.m. London time, according to data compiled by National Grid Plc and Sheffield University. That satisfied 24% of electricity demand and broke the …