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China's August industrial output accelerates as recovery gathers pace

An annual decline in fixed-asset investment over January-August also moderated due to government stimulus efforts

Former Nissan executive Kelly's trial begins in Tokyo without Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly denied charges he helped ex-boss, Carlos Ghosn, hide income as the American lawyer's trial opened in Tokyo

Some volunteers quit J&J Covid-19 trial in Spain after AstraZeneca scare

By Silvio Castellanos and Michael Gore

General Motors explores market for electric 'flying cars': Report

By Ben Klayman

Google faces grilling on ad business before US Senate antitrust panel

Alphabet Inc's Google will be questioned about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus expected on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits

WHO praises AstraZeneca for pausing coronavirus vaccine global trial

A WHO official on Tuesday said that the decision by AstraZeneca to pause global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness showed the firm was prioritising safety

US pulls back from import bans for cotton, tomatoes from China's Xinjiang

The Trump administration shelved plans for a broad import ban on cotton and tomato products from China's Xinjiang region while announcing narrower bans on products from five specific entities

Britains's Domino's Pizza to create 5,000 new jobs amid coronavirus

Domino's Pizza Group said it was creating 5,000 new jobs in the UK, including chefs and delivery drivers, on top of the 6,000 jobs it had created since the start of the coronavirus pandemic

Show on runaway Indian biz tycoons: Netflix argues for free speech in court

"Bad Boy Billionaires" is a documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Sahara group's Subrata Roy, Indian IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweller Nirav Modi

Chinese firms bet on plant-based meat as Covid fuels healthy eating trend

Many curious customers at the Beijing Hope Tree restaurant said the meatballs - made from a base of pea and soy protein - tasted like tofu

Shell focussed on turning around troubled Australian operations

In July, Shell booked $11 billion in writedowns on its gas business, mostly on its Australian Prelude floating LNG and QGC business

Nayara Energy sees diesel recovery to pre-COVID-19 level by end-2021

Diesel demand growth is likely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of 2021 or early 2022, said Ashutosh Deshpande at the Platts APPEC 2020 virtual conference

Gold prices rise on softer dollar, investors focus on US Fed Reserve meet

Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,962.78 per ounce by 0259 GMT, adding to a 0.8% gain in the previous session. U.S. gold futures climbed 0.5% to $1,972.60

Funds and firms call for tougher 2030 European Union climate target

127 business leaders and 30 investors, some of whom are in the IIGCC, also backed an emissions-cutting target of "at least 55%" by 2030

GM encouraged by global recovery, will prefer long-term strategy: CEO

GM also is not looking for "a short-term pop" as it relates to its corporate structure, CEO Barra added, when asked about a possible spinoff of the automaker's electric vehicle assets

AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial in US on hold until midweek: Report

AstraZeneca on Saturday said it had restarted its trial in Britain after regulators completed their review of a serious side effect in one trial participant there

EU to delay euro clearing decision on Brexit divorce threat: Report

The delay is one of the first warning shots from the EU as UK lawmakers vote later on Monday on a bill that would breach parts of Britain's Withdrawal Agreement from the bloc

Offshore oil wells, ports shut as Hurricane Sally advances on US Gulf

Sally was upgraded to a hurricane on Monday, with expected landfall on Tuesday

Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot maker PSA revise merger terms due to Covid-19 crisis

Peugeot maker PSA and Fiat Chrysler said they had restructured the terms of their planned merger to conserve cash, and also stepped up promised levels of cost cutting during the continuing pandemic

US shale oil output to drop 68,000 bpd to 7.64 million bpd in October: EIA

US oil output from seven major shale formations is expected to decline by about 68,000 bpd in October to 7.64 mn bpd, the US Energy Information Administration said