Iraq's government is pulling its weight to reconstruct its war-torn country, Shiite lawmaker Haidre al-Abadi said Wednesday, a day after U.S. auditors announced that Iraq has amassed projected surpluses of up to $80 billion from rising oil prices while Washington pays for reconstruction

...such as rising oil prices and global warming are being urged to dump the World Bank’s highly controversial ‘climate investment funds’.

BANGKOK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- While recent instability in Southeast Asian stock markets has been attributed to rising oil prices and declines on U.S. economy, some analysts are pointing to more fundamental problems that could see a repeat of the Asian ...

July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Wind, solar and biofuel companies received a record $148 billion in new funding last year as rising oil prices and climate-change rules encouraged investment in renewable energy, the United Nations Environment Program said. Wind ...

Telecommuting Faces Employer Inertia In these days of increasing environmental awareness and rising oil prices, telecommuting is gaining mindshare.

Wall Street ended a week of big losses with more selling Friday as rising oil prices again raised worries that strained consumers will cut back spending and hurt the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell nearly 150 points in the final session before the three-day holiday weekend. ADVERTISE ...