Undeterred by the protracted political crisis, Lebanon will begin its third round of negotiations for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva next month, but civil society groups fear that the costs of accession could far outweigh the

Lebanon may miss another opportunity to attract badly needed foreign investments if the political stalemate continues, bankers and analysts warned on Thursday. "Foreign direct investment (FDI) reached more than $2.5 billion in 2004. But now all investors are withholding any

Panasonic announced today, that Panasonic Vietnam Co., Ltd. (PV) has started the operations of an R&D subsidiary, Panasonic R&D Center Vietnam Co., Ltd. (PRDCV) in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2007. With a capital investment of US$ 500,000.00, this new Center

Panasonic and Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) today announced an establishment of a partnership for educating embedded software engineers.

Panasonic Vietnam Co., Ltd., (PV) the holding company of Panasonic Group companies in Vietnam and a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd (MEI), today announced the Grand Opening ceremony for its two new manufacturing operations

Bihar may be one of the most backward states of India with high level of illiteracy, but its chief misters, past and present are a great hit with some of the most famed American educational institutions.

The steel industry on Thursday assured the government that it will hold the price line for this month, despite rise in input costs and pressure on their margins, to help it fight inflation.

Malaysia's Astro All Asia Networks will pick up 20 per cent in the Maran family-run Sun TV's DTH operator -- Sun Direct TV -- for Rs 747 crore ($166 million).

Private GSM operators on Thursday got a reprieve from Supreme Court, which has stayed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's notices asking them to refund excess charges levied from customers on calls made to the networks of PSU telecom firms.

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, and its partner IPR Red Sea Inc have made a significant oil discovery in offshore Egypt.

Pakistan has expressed readiness to meet India's demand to authenticate troops positions on Siachen provided New Delhi agrees not to use it to make a legal claim over the glacier in the future, a media report said in Islamabad on

Current market prices are on a peak and interest rates jacking up. It will be prudent to wait and watch before you buy your house, says Knight Frank honcho Gulam Zia.

The empowered goup of ministers on special economic zones (SEZs) on Thursday cleared 83 proposals

India, Turkey and Italy accounted for half of the gross decline in total jewellery demand last year," the report said.

A cluster of high networth investors from Ireland is looking at private equity investments of at least 200 million pounds sterling (about $ 395 million) in high-growth companies across real-estate, IT and education sectors.

In the first instance of an Indian asset management company going global, the Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Capital has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore as a part of its plans to invest in global assets.

Seeking to tap a larger number of small investors, the mutual fund industry is going all out with investment plans of as low as Rs 100 per month and Reliance Mutual Fund has become the first fund house to launch

Pharmaceutical company, Lupin has sold certain patent applications and other related intellectual property for Perindopril (hypertension drug) for multiple countries to French firm Laboratories Servier for Rs 115.31 crore (Euro 20 million).

Inflation has declined to 6.39 per cent for the week ended March 24 as compared to 6.46 per cent in the previous week.