Oil prices gain 5% on declining US drilling and receding Iran export fears
Libya's biggest oil port Es Sider may reopen in a week adding to an oversupplied market.
Gold prices to take their cues from US, China and India data next week
India's gold imports more than doubled to 125 tonnes in March, from 60 tonnes in the same period a year ago.
GE shares jump 10% as restructuring plan promises $90bn bonanza for shareholders
GE CEO Jeff Immelt and other executives say they plan to spend $3bn to $5bn a year on industrial acquisitions.
India orders 36 Dassault Rafale combat jets from France
Deal could be worth €4bn and is separate from negotiations for sale of 126 Rafale jets.
Asia: Losses from natural and man-made disasters amounted to $52bn in 2014
A cyclone in India, an earthquake in China and monsoon floods in India and Pakistan killed over 7,000.
GE close to selling $30bn real estate portfolio
A deal with Blackstone Group and Wells Fargo could be announced on 10 April.
RBS to sell India jewellery financing unit to IndusInd Bank
RBS's India diamond and jewellery financing loan book stands at about £491m.
Circus giant Cirque du Soleil in deal talks with UK, US and Chinese firms
London's CVC Capital Partners, US-based Providence Equity and TPG, and China's Fosun International target circus major.
US shale oil drillers may get $26bn in insurance if crude prices stay low
Over a dozen energy firms buy hedges from lenders, including JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and the Bank of America.
Yuri Milner's DST Global leads $314m funding round for India's Ola
Ola's mobile app allows users to hail taxis, autorickshaws and order food.
Alibaba Group arm Ant Financial to launch online bank soon
Ant, which runs Alipay, has also launched China's first e-commerce based stock index: CSI Taojin Big Data 100 Index.
Surge in M&A and ECB stimulus drive North American bond volumes to record highs
The first-quarter of 2015 saw $372bn of bond deals from North American issuers, setting a new record.
US and Pakistan close in on near $1bn defence deal
US plans to equip Pakistan with attack helicopters and Hellfire missiles to boost Islamabad's counter-terrorism efforts.
Mark Mobius forecasts 20% retreat for Chinese equities
The Shanghai Composite index has gained 94% over the past year and Mobius believes Chinese stocks have risen too fast.
Japan: Nikkei 225 scales 15-year peak as BoJ keeps stimulus
BoJ maintains plan to expand the monetary base at an annual pace of ¥80tn, a QE programme in place since April 2013.
Singtel to pay $810m for US cyber security firm Trustwave
The deal marks Singapore Telecommunications' (Singtel) biggest acquisition outside the main telecoms sector.
Francois Hollande: No Rafale jet sale announcement before Indian PM Modi trip to France
UK could offer Eurofighters to India if France's delayed plan to sell 126 Rafale combat jets falls through.
Crude oil pricing: Opec may never regain the clout it is losing
Market analysts are declaring the cartel dead or at least ineffective since it refused to cut output amid a supply glut.
Iran nuclear deal talks bearish for crude oil prices
Negotiations with Iran could be bearish for oil prices over the next 18 months, according to BofA's Francisco Blanch.
Cairn drags India's tax office to court over $3.3bn tax claim
Shares in Cairn India's owners Vedanta Resources and Cairn Energy were up over 3% in London trade.
Fed Reserve's Dennis Lockhart favours July-September rate increase
Danske Bank analysts say US Fed FOMC could deliver first rate hike in September.
HFT firm Virtu Financial to raise up to $314m in IPO
Virtu Financial's planned public offering to value the electronic trading firm at about $2.6bn.
Libya's biggest crude oil export terminal could reopen in two weeks
Force majeure may be lifted on oil loadings at Es Sider, Libya's largest export terminal and at neighbouring Ras Lanuf.
Crude oil futures gain 3% after Saudis raise prices for Asia
Saudi Arabia cut oil prices to Asia and the US late last year, in a battle for market share amid a global supply glut.
Greek IMF payment: Yanis Varoufakis pledges Greece will meet 'all obligations'
IMF says due diligence efforts in Athens and talks with teams in Brussels to resume on 6 April.
Bill Gross expects US Fed to hike interest rates by September
Gross says the US Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark rate by 0.5 percentage point a year, taking it to 2% by 2018.
Iranian equities rally as nuclear pact could end sanctions
Tehran Stock Exchange's main TEDPIX share average finished 3.09% higher on 4 April.
Crude sees mixed trade on bets Iran deal may add to oil glut
Lifting of sanctions on Iran following nuclear deal could add to oil supply glut.
Gold prices could rise on dismal US payrolls report
Weak US data to fuel speculation that US Fed will wait until September to hike rates, boosting gold's safe-haven status.
Greek crisis: Athens says it is ready to pay IMF on 9 April
Greek deputy finance minister Dimitris Mardas says Athens will pay roughly €450m it owes the IMF on time.
