Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index fell more than 200 points on Friday as financial issues were hurt by inflation fears and worries over more U.S. mortgage-related problems, while consumer stocks also fell.

Reuters - U.S. fertilizer producer and oilseed processor Bunge Ltd has agreed to buy Corn Products International Inc for $4.4 billion in stock, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters - Record foreclosures and limited access to credit will make it harder than usual to rebound from this U.S. housing market slump, the worst at least since World War Two, according to a Harvard University study on Monday.

Reuters - Altria Group Inc's Philip Morris USA has cancelled its Marlboro Ultra Smooth cigarettes, highlighting challenges it faces in trying to grow its tobacco business despite a decline in U.S. cigarette sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc is set to slash about 6,500 jobs in its investment banking division, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Sunday.

Reuters - Google Inc's famous employee perks -- from providing "nap pods" for a quick break during the day to allowing engineers to spend 20 percent of their work time on side projects that may spark new ideas -- have given the Internet leader the best reputation in corporate America, according to a study released on Monday.

Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at a meeting this week and suggest it is in no rush to raise them, even as it acknowledges some troubling signs on the inflation front.

Reuters - World energy powers embarked on a new level of dialogue to try to rein in runaway oil prices at an emergency meeting in this Red Sea city, but were unable to come up with a quick fix.

Reuters - Years ago, when the first Armani boutiques opened in China, a furious customer walked into one of the shops, brandishing two Armani T-shirts.

Reuters - Andrew D. Busch, a nonemployee member of Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc's founding Busch family, said on Saturday that he supports the U.S. brewer's efforts to remain "a strong company headquartered in St. Louis."

Reuters - The world's top energy policy makers meet in this Red Sea city on Sunday for emergency talks on halting oil's unrelenting rally, but divided views over the cause of recent gains emerged early.

Reuters - British bank Lloyds TSB would consider a significant acquisition and is looking at a possible deal in Germany, people familiar with the situation said on Saturday.

Reuters - OPEC members with any capacity to spare will discuss boosting output together with top oil exporter Saudi Arabia at an emergency meeting to try to tame record oil, a senior Gulf OPEC official said on Saturday.

Reuters - Spain's biggest bank, Banco Santander said on Saturday it would significantly boost profits in 2008, buoyed by growth in Latin America just as many of its international peers suffer credit crunch woes.