Some 200,000 Brazilians protest in Rio de Janeiro against a bill they say will deprive Rio state of much of its oil revenue.

India's biggest oil explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, says it will buy ConocoPhillips's 8.4% stake in Kazakhstan's Kashagan project.

Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF reach an agreement on an urgently needed bailout for debt-laden Greece.

Shares of shipbuilder China Rongsheng Heavy fall more than 9% after its chairman resigns, the latest in a series of setbacks for the firm.

The US is projected to have had its biggest ever online shopping day - with "Cyber Monday" sales up at least 20% on last year, analysts say.

Shadow boxing ramps up between the White House and Republicans on whether to introduce tax rises to avert the upcoming "fiscal cliff".

Apprenticeships in England should last for at least a year and should genuinely train a person in a new role, a report says.

The government is to release the first figures assessing the level of success of its welfare-to-work programme, which was launched last year.