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Byline: NEIL KING JR., JEFFREY McCRACKEN AND MIKE SPECTOR AUTOMOTIVE U.S. government braces for potential conflicts as GM's largest shareholder Even after nine months of extraordinary government intervention, the scope [...]

U.S. ready to pump $7-billion into GMAC WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department is poised to inject more than $7-billion (U.S.) into GMAC LLC GJM-N, the first instalment of a [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. AND JEFFREY MCCRACKEN AUTO MAKING Chrysler debt plea gets a 'forget it' from lenders WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF A group of the U.S.'s biggest banks and [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. ENERGY Funds on edge over pending Chevron judgment Major U.S. pension funds are raising concerns about a looming court judgment that could hold Chevron Corp. CVX-N [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. AND JOHN D. STOLL The leaders of President Barack Obama's auto task force said the Treasury Department is focused on restructuring General Motors Corp. and Chrysler [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR.; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF ORAN, ALGERIA -- Top oil exporters appear poised to agree to steep production cuts, as they try to keep pace with an [...]

Byline: SPENCER SWARTZ AND NEIL KING JR. CAIRO and WASHINGTON -- As the world's big oil exporters struggle to trim production enough to boost prices as demand plummets, Saudi Arabia [...]

Byline: GUY CHAZAN AND NEIL KING JR. Is there an oil bubble that is about to burst? Some big voices on Wall Street think so, predicting the oil market could [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. AND PETER FRITSCH The world's premier energy monitor is preparing a sharp downward revision of its oil supply forecast, a shift that reflects deepening pessimism over [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. AND SPENCER SWARTZ Oil consumers riled by soaring fuel costs may face far worse this summer as factors ranging from unrest in Nigeria to slumping production [...]

Byline: GUY CHAZAN AND NEIL KING JR.; Spencer Swartz and Gregory L. White contributed to this article Russian oil production, for years a vital font of new crude for world [...]

Byline: NEIL KING JR. VIENNA -- With OPEC widely expected to hold oil production steady at its meeting today, the cartel's leaders are facing the politically thorny possibility of an [...]

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s (NTT) planned acquisition of Verio Inc. has been approved by a US government panel. The panel had raised national security concerns over the planned $5.5 billion (6.07 billion euros) deal.

The George W. Bush administration must make a decision soon on maintaining tariffs on steel imports or cutting them at the risk of alienating important states for his re-election bid in 2004. To keep the tariffs would bring about a retaliation from Europe.

The U.S. is studying the possibility of ending economic sanctions against Iraq on its own. The U.S. is responding to concerns that the sanctions?could have a negative impact on?Iraq's reconstruction.

The largest oil companies in Europe are testing the Bush Administration's policy towards Iran sanctions. ENI SpA plans to sign a contract this weekend to develop the Darkhovin oil field for approximately $1 billion (Euro1.17 billion).

The George W. Bush administration has created the Project Management Office that will be responsible for the reconstruction of Iraq. The office, which will be run by the US Defense Department, will operate as a contract awarding clearinghouse.

Orascom Telecommunications, Kuwaiti-based MTC, and National Mobile Telecommunications have been granted cellular telephone service licenses in Iraq. The contracts cover a two-year period.

Western European nations are expected to provide only a small amount of funding for the reconstruction of Iraq despite U.S. efforts to heal diplomatic relations. The cost of rebuilding Iraq could go as high as $100 billion.

Global trade negotiations collapsed in Cancun, Mexico as 146 trade ministers failed to reach a deal on an overhaul of agriculture. The ministers also failed to agree on regulations for global investments.

China has entered the World Trade Organization negotiations in Cancun, Mexico with the objective of securing major reductions in U.S. and European agricultural subsidies. However, China did not want to be overly assertive at the talks.

A grouping of 21 developing nations could determine the fate of the World Trade Organization's trade talks in Cancun, Mexico. The developing nations are calling on Europe and the U.S. to reduce farmer aid.

The Bush administration will challenge the European Union's genetically modified foods moratorium. The move could lead to the most contentious trade dispute seen in years.

All large telephone projects in Iraq will be delayed by the Bush administration until an interim government is formed in the country. The U.S. wants the Iraqis themselves to operate the country's telephone system.