U.S. helped Iraqis on oil contracts

A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and five major Western oil companies to develop some of t...

International Herald Tribune

Japanese central bank worries less about inflation than about growth

TOKYO: As inflation from commodity prices forces central banks around the world to consider raising interest rates, the Bank of Japan is under a different kind of pressure. The higher commodity costs ...

International Herald Tribune

Midwest Business Activity Remained Weak in June

CHICAGO (Reuters) — Business activity in the Midwest contracted in June for a fifth consecutive month but at a less severe rate, even as production and new orders both slipped, a report showed Mo...

New York Times

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