Firms complain of contaminated crude from US reserve

Emergency stockpiles conatined dangerous levels of poisonous chemical, firms say

Cyberattackers claim just $92,000 from ransom demands

WannaCry infected some 200,000 computers, demanding a ransom within seven days

China’s oil majors scale back output as priorities shift

Focus on halting output in maturing oil fields leaves firms better placed for recovery

European shares bounce on back of ECB comments

Rise in commodities prices boost energy and mining stocks in Europe and China

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At least 85 missing after landslide at Chinese industrial park

Frequency of industrial incidents raises safety issues after decades of breakneck growth

Emerging-market stocks rise most in two years as Chinese shares end rout

US stocks posted biggest gain since 2011 in Wednesday session, Iseq up 3%

China markets rout resumes with 8.5% Shanghai sell-off

Shanghai stock market suffers second-biggest fall in its history

China stocks suffer biggest one-day loss since February 2007

A government-triggered rebound petered out amid concerns over economic health

China’s premier says economic reform akin to ‘cutting one’s own flesh’

Government considering changes to one child policy

JPMorgan drops another IPO in China

Sources say US securities regulators looking into bank’s hiring practises in China

Son of China’s former security chief held in corruption probe

Former politburo member Zhou Yongkang linked to investigation

Asia Briefing: €1.9bn pipeline from Burma to China begins operations

China cracks down on corruption to shore up Communist Party support

Xi Jinping sees fighting graft as central to Party survival

Appearances belie rumours of Zhou Yongkang’s fall

China’s ex-security czar may not be in trouble after all