Iraq’s Shiite leadership finally selects a candidate for prime minister to replace the embattled Ibrahim al-Jaafari. But experts are not impressed with the new candidate’s credentials.

While some experts fault demand increases for record-high oil prices, others say production and market issues reflect price hikes are more complicated.

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