An energy meeting in Saudi Arabia underscored how few options the world has to push oil prices down from their record levels.

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the U.S., but it must buy some foods on international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said the kingdom is willing to produce more oil if customers need it, but he cited no specific production increase.

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the U.S., but it must buy some foods on international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

The F.C.C. has voted to stop Verizon from trying to talk its customers out of switching to another telephone provider while they wait for their phone numbers to be transferred.

The bill that Gov. David A. Paterson and leaders of the State Legislature announced last week was, for Albany, that rarest of things — an effective compromise.

Market forces were expected to ensure that people over 60 could get a job. Turns out …