So far, the production halts and subsequent pay raises in China are likely to dent Honda's profit by only 2% to 5% in the fiscal year that ends next March, analysts said.

But after about 6 hours this method of energy production halts as the glycogen stores deplete, which can lead to the notorious hangry "or hungry and angry feeling that many of us know too well."

Statoil slid 5.9 percent to 121.8 kroner after cutting its full-year production target because of halts at fields and missing analysts’ estimates for adjusted profit.