The new company will be among the world's five largest reinsurers, with more than $10 billion in combined policy sales
Crude oil pared losses after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) Secretary- General Abdalla El-Badri said insufficient investment could push prices to $200 a barrel
Salman takes over as the world's top oil exporter faces a growing threat of militant attacks
The planes won't replace the state-run carrier's current old-version 737s, instead would grow the airline's fleet
A bigger harvest will boost India's 7.5 mt stockpiles and hurt prices that capped a fourth year of losses in 2014, the longest run since 1962
The ECB president and his Executive Board recommended asset purchases of euro 50 billion a month until December 2016, according to two euro-area central-bank officials
About a half dozen of the wealthiest participants said the US Federal Reserve won't raise rates until the end of the year
Low wages at state-owned banks had prompted more than a million employees to threaten a four-day strike starting Monday
By teaming up with SpaceX, Google would be seeking to gain an edge over rivals such as Facebook Inc