Bloomberg Sinovac Biotech Ltd received regulatory approval from Chinese authorities for its coronavirus vaccine to be used by the general public in the country’s second such authorisation. The conditional approval was announced by the National Medical Products Administration on Saturday. Sinovac earlier said the protective efficacy of its vaccine, CoronaVac, met World Health Organization and China regulatory standards 14 days …

Bloomberg A former Royal Dutch Shell Plc natural gas trader in Houston pleaded guilty to a criminal charge related to his role in an illegal scheme that started in 2013 in which he sought to profit by using non-public information obtained from the company. Marcus Schultz disclosed the information to other traders and brokers in a conspiracy to profit from …

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp was expected to announce board changes, and talks were continuing with investor DE Shaw & Co that might lead to additional director nominations in the weeks ahead, according to people familiar with the matter. DE Shaw met with representatives from the oil giant and presented a list of potential directors, the people said, asking not to …