NEW DELHI—Officials in India want to make one thing clear: The tree that President Barack Obama planted in New Delhi three weeks ago is not dead.

Riza Lozada Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) expects to complete its P6.75-billion refinery upgrade this year to enable the facility to comply with the January 1, 2016, implementation of the Euro IV fuel specification reducing sulfur content in diesel. Company officials said PSPC’s FuelSave gasoline and diesel, which its parent Royal Dutch Shell Plc makes available in 22 countries, is …

Luis Leoncio Port stakeholders have proposed in a report the adoption of permanent and coordinated solutions to prevent a resurgence of the congestion at the Manila ports largely brought about by the Manila truck ban, which the city government lifted last Sept. 13.

Athens, Greece — Signs that Greece and its European creditors are open to compromise boosted market hopes on Friday that the sides can reach a deal to save the country from bankruptcy. But any agreement will likely take time, with both sides pressing hard for concessions.After a turbulent week, in which investors feared Athens’ demands to rewrite its bailout terms …

Harvard produced the most graduates who were CEOs at their time of their companies’ market debuts in 2014, according to Equilar, an executive compensation data firm.

Jackson, Mississippi — Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities?

Los Angeles — A prolonged labor crisis at West Coast seaports means the critical gateways for international trade have become more like parking lots for massive cargo ships that haul a vast selection of consumer goods from Asia and return there with U.S. exports.

WASHINGTON—The government is readying rules largely favorable to companies that want to use small drones for commercial purposes, according to a federal analysis, potentially leading to widespread flights by unmanned aircraft performing aerial photography, crop monitoring, inspections of cell towers and bridges and other work.

RICHMOND, Virginia—Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarets, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarets.

Riza Lozada The government has assured Japanese investors that incentives offered to them for the setting up of local facilities such as tax holidays and reduced taxes and duties will be retained in an effort to encourage more investments.