FRANKFURT, Germany — Wary of higher energy and commodity prices, the European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent, a move it hopes will help curtail rising inflation in the 15...

WASHINGTON - A hearing on law enforcement in Indian country June 19 made lack of funding and resources its major theme, but a secondary motif emerged in comments that cast doubt on federal motives for enforcing law and order in Indian country.

Decisions, decisions. First it was whether to participate in an HMO or a PPO. Then it was picking investments for a 401(k). Now, working Americans are becoming the decision-makers for all sorts of other benefits options and must choose how to spend their

Some time back they operated as social groupings of close- knit family members or friends known as chamas . When they met, it was mostly for social reasons which included a session of meat-eating, washed down with beer.

Economy is roaring, as a former prime minister used to say, yet things don’t look well at all. We are therefore living with a paradox. On one hand, a steep economic growth of up to 8 per cent this year, if agricultural yield is high (according to none o