Business

11. OPEC considers further oil production cuts
The TSX energy index rose 1.15 per cent Monday on speculation that OPEC will hold an emergency meeting to try to reverse the sharp drop in oil prices so far this year. And that carried the TSX up 69.95 points to 12,748 by noon in active trading.
Date of addition: 01/15/2007

12. Bank of England Unexpectedly Raises Interest Rates
The Bank of England unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point, the third increase since August, saying inflation may accelerate from the fastest in a decade.
Date of addition: 01/11/2007

13. Oil hits lowest level since June '05
Oil plunged more than a barrel on Tuesday to its lowest level in a year-and-a-half as mild winter weather in top consumer the United States pushed prices through a crucial technical support level.
Date of addition: 01/09/2007

14. Amazon.com Has \'Best Ever\' Sales in 2006
Amazon.com Inc.'s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than 4 million orders placed on Dec. 11, the Web retailer said Tuesday.
Date of addition: 12/27/2006

15. Toyota sets production record on demand outside Japan
By Naoko Fujimura Bloomberg News. TOKYO: Toyota Motor, the world's second-largest automaker, raised production last month to a record for November as demand for small cars rose in North America.
Date of addition: 12/26/2006

16. Retailers hoping for a post-holiday surge
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. consumers trooped back to retail stores Tuesday, looking to return ill-fitting apparel, cash in gift cards and take advantage of post-Christmas clearance discounts.
Date of addition: 12/26/2006

17. Wall St. Bonuses: So Much Money, Too Few Ferraris
Read about multimillion-dollar bonuses Wall Street’s elite is getting and how they prefer to spend it.
Date of addition: 12/25/2006

18. No Turkey-Georgia gas deal yet
Turkey has not yet reached a deal with Georgia to supply the country with gas next year but expects talks to be concluded in one week, a senior Turkish Energy Ministry official told Reuters on Monday.
Date of addition: 12/25/2006

19. Sony agrees to refunds for bugged CDs
Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said today that Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay Massachusetts and 39 other states .25 million to resolve investigations by the states into problems that arose after Sony BMG placed anti-copying software on music CDs.
Date of addition: 12/22/2006