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India plans to allow relinquished coal-fired plants to sell power

India's power ministry proposes letting coal-fired power plants keep selling power after completing their agreements with buyers, despite national promises to close old plants to curb pollution

Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface

Jeff Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface as Nasa neared a decision to pick first privately built lunar landers to send astronauts to moon by 2024

FTSE Russell to drop eight Chinese companies after US blacklisting

The move shows how a recent bid by the White House to give teeth to a blacklist of Chinese companies allegedly backed by China's military could crimp US investments in the country

JD.com becomes first online platform to accept China's digital currency

JD Digits, the company's fintech arm, will accept digital yuan as payment for some products on its online mall

Biden says jobs report 'grim,' relief package needed now and in January

By Tim Ahmann and Susan Heavey

US not extending TikTok divestiture deadline, but talks will continue

Last week, CFIUS granted TikTok parent ByteDance a one-week extension until Friday over the order to shed TikTok's U.S. assets

US in talks with Huawei CFO Meng on resolving criminal charges: Report

Meng, 48, was arrested in Canada in December 2018 on a US warrant

Fauci apologizes for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine

"I do have great faith in both the scientific community and the regulatory community in the UK," Fauci said

Fortune or foresight? AstraZeneca, Oxford stories clash on Covid-19 vaccine

The discrepancy, reported for the first time by Reuters, centres on the regimen administered to a smaller group of volunteers in the late-stage trials, of half a dose followed by a full dose

Pentagon adds China chipmaker SMIC, oil producer CNOOC to defense blacklist

In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said China opposed U.S. efforts to suppress its companies, adding that Washington's moves run counter to principles of market competition

Oil prices move up towards $50/bbl after OPEC+ supply compromise

OPEC+ had been expected to continue existing cuts until at least March, after backing down from plans to raise output by 2 million bpd.

Biden says jobs report 'grim,' relief package needed now and in January

Biden said he was "encouraged" by bipartisan Senate efforts on a $900 billion relief package

US labour market adds fewest workers in 6 months in Nov as Covid cases rise

Local governments continued to shed more workers, especially at schools, causing overall government payrolls to drop by 99,000 jobs, the third straight monthly decline

New fiscal stimulus Bill hopes make S&P 500 jump to record high

Ten of the 11 major S&P indexes traded higher, with the energy sector leading gains, followed by financials and the materials sector.

India's big food procurement programme is at the heart of farmers' protests

The Modi government and leaders of protesting farmers' unions have held several rounds of talks but have not made any progress in breaking the deadlock over the the new farm laws.

Boxed in: French climate activists protest against Amazon's expansion

The campaigners view the U.S. retail giant as a prime factor in the urbanisation of farmland, a process they say is contributing significantly to climate change.

Global debt to hit $200 trillion, but no major crisis anytime soon: S&P

As long as the world economy gets back on its feet after the pandemic, the global debt-to-GDP ratio should ease back, the credit ratings agency said.

DoorDash boosts IPO price range amid strong appetite for tech stocks

San Francisco-based DoorDash plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "DASH" this month. It had confidentially filed for an IPO in February.

Ex-chairman of Huachen, parent of BMW's China partner, under investigation

Qi Yumin, formerly vice mayor of the port city of Dalian, was Huachen's chairman between 2005 and 2019.

RBI holds rates over inflation, assures ample liquity for stressed sectors

Das said the economy was rebounding faster than expected from a coronavirus-induced slump earlier in the year but warned signs of recovery were far from being broad based