The Big Three carmakers posted double-digit increases in sales for the year as December finished with a flourish.

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U.S. Auto Sales Ended 2011 With Strong Gains

Next week is a pretty significant time for journalists working in the technology sector. Why, you ask? Well it’s the one week out of the year that we all get on planes, from every corner of the globe, and head to Las Vegas for CES. That’s the Consumer Electronics Show, where just about every possible gadget or technology you can think of will be teased, announced or put out on a show floor to be manhandled by people. Lots of people. About 140,000 to be exact. Read full article > >

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At CES 2012, the worlds of tablets and super-thin laptops will start to blur

Breakdown companies are bracing themselves for one of their busiest days of the year, as drivers return to work after the Christmas break.

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VIDEO: Busiest day for car breakdown firms

A series of special stamps will be released throughout the year to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Royal Mail announces.

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Stamps to honour Queen’s Jubilee

The S.&P. 500 was statistically unchanged for the year, while the Dow was up 5.5 percent. Major European and Asian indexes declined by double-digit percentages.

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American Stock Markets End 2011 Where They Started

The euro is near its low for the year following a tumultuous 12 months in which its existence has been questioned.

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Euro remains near lows for 2011

The Times’s Baghdad bureau chief, Tim Arango, looks back at the year in Iraq | Steven Erlanger reports from Paris on the challenges for the euro in 2011.

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TIMESCAST: TimesCast | December 27, 2011

2011 – the year actors came gunning for the establishment

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The year showbiz hit back at politics

Murders have declined in the year Julián Leyzaola has been police chief in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, but accusations of human rights abuses have grown.

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The Saturday Profile: Mexican Police Chief Produces Results, and Scrutiny

A look back at the year which saw Michael Jackson’s doctor jailed over the King of Pop’s death and the death of singer Amy Winehouse.

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VIDEO: Entertainment review 2011

How To Be A Woman by Times journalist Caitlin Moran is named Galaxy book of the year, beating titles by Dawn French and Claire Tomalin.

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Moran wins book of the year prize

The third of the Magazine’s four-part compilation of the best of the year’s quizzes, covering July – September 2011. PLUS a special bonus question each day.

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52 weeks 52 questions, part three

UK shoppers will spend just over £1.5m a minute in total on what is expected to be the busiest High Street shopping day of the year, research suggests.

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High Street set for ‘busiest day’

Oxford Street and Regent Street in central London are closed to traffic all weekend on what is set to be the busiest time of the year for shops.

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Oxford Street closed to traffic

Fifteen rising music stars are named on the BBC Sound of 2012 longlist, which highlights some of the most exciting new acts for the year ahead.

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BBC Sound of 2012 list revealed