published Aug 22nd 2016, 7:29 pm, by Perry Williams (Bloomberg) — Oil Search Ltd. posted a 89 percent fall in first-half profit as a drop in energy prices offset increased output at the Papua New Guinea-focused company. Net income was $25.6 million, compared with $227.5 million last year, the Sydney-based

©2015 Bloomberg News NOKM5S6KLVR7 (Bloomberg) — Chinese hedge funds are helping drive a commodity derivatives trading boom in the world’s biggest energy, grains and metals consumer that’s defying the worst economic growth in 25 years. Trading volumes across on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, China’s biggest commodities bourse, surged 31 percent