Thailand calls for a rice cartel

Opec 'lost $700bn on cheaper oil'
Opec members have lost about $700bn (£467bn) because of falling oil prices, the cartel's president says in an interview.

Opec head urges production cuts
Opec countries must implement agreed production cuts if they want stable oil prices, warns the cartel's president.

Opec to discuss oil output cuts
The oil producers' cartel Opec meets in Vienna to discuss possible production cuts as it tries to shore up falling prices.

Opec invites Brazil to join group
Iran invites Brazil, which recently announced major untapped oil sources offshore, to join oil producers' cartel Opec.

Opec rules out increase in output
Oil prices fall after producers' cartel Opec agrees to keep output steady at a meeting in Abu Dhabi.