Montreal / AFP Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering options for its shipbuilding business to reduce costs as persistently weak demand for vessels prompts companies in the industry to take measures to reorganize their operations and form partnerships. The company is considering a capital tieup with three Japanese shipbuilders — Namura Shipbuilding Co. as well as closely held Imabari …

  Bloomberg India’s oil product demand contracted for the first time in almost two years amid strong monsoon rains and unrest in some provinces. Fuel use during September in the world’s fastest growing consumer fell to 14.6 million tons last month, down 2 percent from a year earlier, according to the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell. That’s the …

  Bloomberg With the world’s second-largest economy stable for now, you’ll need to look under the hood to see where the real action is when China releases its third-quarter economic report card on Wednesday. Gross domestic product probably expanded 6.7 percent from a year earlier in the three months through September, the same pace as the previous two quarters and …