Oil slipped below $53 as China warned that trade wars and populism posed “serious challenges” to the international order, countering signs that the U.S. shale boom is slowing. Futures fell as much as 1.3 percent…

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Qatar threw a $500 million lifeline to Lebanon because of what it sees as its mission to be the Middle East’s emergency lender to…

The fourth quarter failed Wall Street’s equity bulls in 2018. This year, strategists are counting on earnings growth in the last three months of the year to save them. An examination of analysts’ profit forecasts…

U.S. stocks climbed from the lows of the day as traders debated the outlook for global growth. The dollar’s six-day rally stalled and crude oil dropped after an earlier increase. The S&P 500 was little…

U.K. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox suggested he could live with a delay to Brexit if more time is needed to implement a divorce agreement with the European Union. “A delay because we’ve got a…

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Canadian farmers may be ready to give peas another chance. Plantings in the world’s top exporter of the legume probably will rise 8 percent to 3.9 million acres (1.6…

Bang & Olufsen Beosound Edge speaker. Photographer: Will Anderson for Bloomberg Businessweek Photographer: Will Anderson for Bloomberg Businessweek Bang & Olufsen A/S, the 94-year-old Danish electronics company, has earned a reputation for audio devices with minimalist…

Parliament is inching toward a plan to delay Brexit as a way of preventing a chaotic no-deal departure. The pound rose. Key Developments Labour Party is likely to support lawmaker plan to delay Brexit and…