Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Tuesday that a report by a French consulting firm showed robust strength in the Lebanese economy, which achieved real growth of 7 percent in 2004, prior to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik

Iraq has lost some $8 billion to administrative and financial corruption since the 2003 US-led invasion which toppled the Saddam Hussein regime, an anti-corruption panel said on Tuesday. "The estimated value of the wasted sum because of administrative and financial

World oil prices fell slightly on Tuesday as major crude producer Iran signaled that progress had been made in trying to end its standoff with Britain over Tehran's capture of 15 British sailors. Prices nevertheless held above $68 a barrel

Customers who still want to go in for a loan are opting either for longer maturity plans or making higher upfront payments to control their monthly outgo on loan repayments.

Leading bankers expect the number of transactions to fall 30 to 35 per cent as buyers wait for a price correction in real estate.

LN Mittal, who is a frontrunner for acquiring a 51 per cent stake in Sesa Goa from Mitsui and has announced plans for projects in Jharkhand and Orissa worth Rs 40,000 crore each, is planning a $2 billion (Rs 8,600

The deal values DGCX, which started operations one and a half years ago, at a whopping $1.25 billion.

China has offered to expand military co-operation with Sudan, although tempering its support by calling for Khartoum to be more flexible on a UN plan to end fighting

If Arashiyama is on your list of places to visit this spring, have lunch at Le Plat Plus. A ten-minute walk east of Arashiyama Station, this west-Kyoto institution is often overlooked. Even so, at Wednesday lunchtime every table is full,

The situation along the Sino-Indian border has changed for the better and the two countries were now collaborating in key areas like energy, a senior Indian Air Force official has said.

World's largest chip manufacturer, Intel Corporation on Tuesday said it awaits detailed guidelines of the semiconductor policy before deciding on setting up a manufacturing facility in India.

North America's confectionery major Hershey Company on Tuesday agreed to form a joint venture with Godrej Beverages and Foods Ltd, in which it would acquire 51 per cent stake, to manufacture and distribute confectionery and beverages in India.

Guest chef Joakim Brostrom from the Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm will be overseeing the kitchen at Victor's restaurant on the 30th floor of the Westin Hotel for a ten-day Swedish Food Festival....

Nooyi also indicated that PepsiCo will double its workforce in China over the next five years, which the company sees as a major growth market.

Moninder Jain, director, South Asia, Logitech, on what b-schools fail to teach.

Last year, the state was flooded with spurious Bt cotton seeds and the farmers and original manufacturing companies had suffered major losses.

India's edible oil import is expected to rise by 15% to 51 lakh tonne (5.1 million tonne) during the current oil season 2006-07 (starting November).

India's ace deal-maker explains what allowed him to represent both Dhirubhai Ambani and Nusli Wadia while being on Essar Shipping's board.

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, headed by Justice Arun Kumar, took a serious note of Sun TV's non-compliance of its interim order of March 19 and said that Sun Tv was acting unfairly in this matter.

Aiming the top position in the home appliances segment, Whirpool India will invest up to Rs 160 crore (Rs 1.6 billion) for intensifying operations in the next one and half years.