Bohai

In the tests using seawater collected from the Bohai Sea, the electrodes extracted 12.6 milligrams of uranium per gram of water over 24 days.

Ex-business partner Devon Archer met with the vice president in the White House on April 16, 2014, just days before Mr. Biden flew to Ukraine and one day after Burisma wired $112,758 to Rosemont Seneca Bohai, a venture co-founded by Hunter Biden and Archer.

StanChart said the hit on its 16% stake in China Bohai, a lender in the eastern coastal city Tianjin, was due to lower forecast interest rates and decreased lending margins reported in the Chinese bank's half-year results.

China Bohai booked a 17.8% fall in January-June net interest income, leading to a nearly 7% decline in its overall profit, according to company filings.

StanChart said the hit on its investment in China Bohai, a lender in the eastern coastal city Tianjin, was due to lower forecast interest rates and decreased lending margins reported in the Chinese bank's half-year results.