Reuters The Saudi finance ministry has resumed payments to Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), the kingdom’s biggest construction firm, for its work on government projects, Saudi Okaz newspaper reported on Thursday, citing an adviser to the chairman. SBG was hard hit last year as low oil prices forced the government — its chief customer — to cancel or suspend projects …

  Bloomberg Now is the right time for OPEC to reach an agreement on oil output, and crude prices may fall if its members fail to take a decision when they meet next week in Algiers, Iraq’s governor to the producer group said. Conditions in the oil market are better than in April when members of the Organization of Petroleum …

  AFP Stocks got a boost on Wednesday after Japan’s central bank overhauled its stimulus programme as markets awaited the outcome of the Fed’s policy meeting. Wall Street opened higher, with the Dow adding 0.5 percent. Meanwhile in Europe, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index edged up 0.1 percent as the OECD slashed its growth forecast for Britain owing to the …