Shell profit rises to $4.4 billion in second quarter | Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's largest oil company, posted a 15 percent increase in second- quarter profit on higher oil prices and production as it exceeded a target for cost savings. | Net income ros... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)Houston Chronicle
US hopes for Iran nuclear talks | The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange for low-enriched uranium. | The ... (photo: AP / str)Al Jazeera