Bloomberg Taiwan barred all official use of Zoom, becoming one of the first governments to impose an outright ban on the popular video-conferencing app over security concerns. Agencies should avoid using services such as Zoom as they may have security flaws, the island’s cabinet said. Governments, companies and individuals around the world, including in Taiwan, have been using the app ...

Bloomberg From oil to copper to coal, China’s gigantic commodities industry is signalling that the first economy to be flattened by the coronavirus is getting closer to a return to normality. Bloomberg Economics estimates that most of China was 90%-95% back to work at the end of last week, noting pick-ups in the steel market, construction activity and crude processing. ...

Bloomberg Some old-guard Texas oil drillers are urging state regulators to clamp down on crude production to halt a price collapse more severe than any of them have ever lived through. The largest US oil-producing state hasn’t restricted crude production in almost 50 years but a growing chorus of explorers and related industries are advocating just such a move. The ...