Wind tunnels were supposed to be put out of work by now.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its Indian associate Paytm E-commerce Pvt are in talks to invest about $200m for a stake of roughly 20 percent in India's leading online grocer, Bigbasket, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

The world's largest McDonald's franchisee, Arcos Dorados, recently said in a sustainability report that its large footprint across Latin America and the Caribbean means that it must "take a leadership role" in terms of implementing programs that will improve its environmental impact.

A growing number of foods commonly found in kitchens across America have tested positive for glyphosate, the herbicide that is the main ingredient in the popular consumer pesticide Roundup, which is widely used in agriculture.

U.K. factory production reached a two-decade high last quarter as optimism about export orders swelled to the highest since the 1970s.