Inflation spurs U.S. and EU to go after speculators

Associated Press June 3, 2008 As U.S. regulators introduced tougher rules for commodity traders, European finance ministers said Tuesday that they would examine ways to curb speculators who drove food and oil prices higher in commodity markets, in a bid to rein in costs that have lifted inflation in Europe and around the world. more

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Closing the gulf with our allies

Boston Globe June 1, 2008 President Bush travels to Europe this month to participate in the US-European Union Summit and to visit key partners, including France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. These summits are likely to produce joint declarations of “bon amie” and official statements that the drift in the trans-Atlantic relationship is diminished. […]

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