Bloomberg A home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side sold for $79.5 million, according to property records made public, making it the highest price ever paid for a townhouse in the borough. The 20,500-square-foot property, at 19 E. 64th St., had been owned by the Wildenstein family, billionaire art dealers whose gallery was located at the site for more than …

  Bloomberg Investors turned attention to Washington to gauge the prospects for sweeping policy changes a day after the Federal Reserve roiled markets with talk of shrinking its balance sheet. The S&P 500 Index fluctuated as a rally in crude boosted energy shares, while banks stumbled after White House economic adviser Gary Cohn was said to support separating their business …

  DUBAI / Reuters Gulf shares were marginally lower on Thursday amid caution from investors ahead of companies reporting first quarter results. Dubai insurance companies made strong gains by the close, lifted by investor bets on good results from the sector and market speculation on consolidation. Dar Al Takaful Insurance jumped 14.84 percent at the closing bell, while Dubai Islamic …