Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is trying to make sure crude buyers in the world’s biggest oil market aren’t lured by rivals while it curbs output as promised. Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will sell full volumes of contractual supply for March to Asian refiners, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the information ...

  Bloomberg Oil was pulled higher by a surge in gasoline after US motor fuel supplies unexpectedly fell last week, shrugging off the biggest crude supply gain since October. Gasoline stockpiles fell 869,000 barrels, pushing refining margins more than $2 a barrel higher. Demand climbed the most in a year. Crude inventories climbed 13.8 million barrels in the week ended ...

  Bloomberg China installed almost three times more wind power than the US last year, continu- ing its clean-energy investment blitz to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase air quality. China led new global wind-power installations with 23.3 gigawatts, compared with 8.2 gigawatts in second-place US, according to a report published by the Global Wind Energy Council. About 54.6 gigawatts ...

  Reuters Creditors have agreed in principle to Saudi Binladin Group’s (SBG) request for a two-year extension on a 10 billion riyal ($2.7 billion) Islamic credit facility used to pay for delayed building work at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, sources said. Reuters reported last month that SBG had asked a syndicate of banks for the credit to be extended ...

  Bloomberg Elon Musk may think hydrogen-powered vehicles are rubbish, but Toyota Motor Corp. and a cadre of Japan’s leading manufacturers are betting otherwise — and not just on cars. With the blessing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Toyota is at the forefront of Japan’s efforts to use hydrogen and fuel cells to power cars, heat homes and keep factories ...

  Bloomberg Iron ore keeps getting told the end may be nigh: so far in 2017, the response has been that the end’s just another high. The raw material’s rally has been powerful enough to drive futures in China back to $100 a metric ton as spot prices trade at levels last seen in 2014. On the Dalian Commodity Exchange, ...

  Bloomberg Takata Corp., the troubled air-bag maker behind the biggest auto safety recall, said it will probably report a third consecutive annual loss as it booked a one-time charge after agreeing to settle a US criminal investigation. Net loss will probably be 64 billion yen ($562 million) in the year through March, compared with a November forecast for a ...

  Bloomberg Cheap Hong Kong equities are suddenly back in vogue with Chinese investors. As tightening capital controls turn the city’s stock market into one of the few Beijing-approved destinations for offshore investment, mainland traders are piling into shares that have long been priced at much lower levels than their counterparts in China. Average daily inflows through Hong Kong’s exchange ...

  Bloomberg Copper posted the biggest gain in almost four years, leading a surge in metals, as exports from China jumped and BHP Billiton Ltd. signaled a halt in shipments from the world’s largest copper mine. Silver neared the longest string of weekly gains since 2011 and mining stocks rose. Overseas shipments from China, the top industrial-metals user, rebounded in ...

  Bloomberg A Triple-Eh credit rating? For Canada, maintaining the trust of borrowers is a source of national pride, like winning the gold medal in Olympic ice hockey: hard-earned international validation of the nation’s skill, discipline and strong stewardship. But Fitch Ratings is warning that the country’s prized standing in the eyes of creditors may suffer because of protectionist measures ...