Following the announcement of the world's first fully turning timepiece skyscraper, Time Residences in Dubai, in November 2006, Glenn Howells, the celebrated concept and design architect behind this... Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Police in western Afghanistan launched a manhunt for two French aid workers and their three Afghan colleagues who were kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants in the remote southwest of the country.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Fujitsu Limited today announced the joint development of the world's first practical 40 Gbps optical transmission technologies using differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK)[1]. The two companies

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 7011, 'MHI') has received an order for a 200 MW (megawatt) LNG-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation system from Alinta Energy of Australia. The GTCC

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - There were 23 IPOs in March, with 10 on JASDAQ, seven on OSE Hercules, five on TSE Mothers and one on the TSE second section. This is three more than in

Hanoi, Vietnam, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - 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

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - 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

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic and Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) today announced an establishment of a partnership for educating embedded software engineers. Panasonic will provide a new course at Hanoi University of Technology, following

China has increased the amount of funds it requires commercial banks to keep on deposit with the authorities for the sixth time in less than a year, the latest of a series of measures aimed at managing liquidity.

Dubai, the Middle East's fastest- growing city, is running out of office space, according to the commercial property broker CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. reported Bloomberg. Nicholas Maclean, managing... Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

India will lose up to $50 billion to $70 billion per annum in terms of financial and commodity trade services fees in the next 12-15 years, if it fails to open up its financial sector to competition.

I agree with the Tarapore report on fuller capital account convertibility except for the time frame set.

The two petrol models of the Logan are priced between Rs 428,000 and Rs 644,000, while its diesel model's price range is Rs 547,000 to Rs 651,000. The range overlaps the pricing of the premium hatchbacks as well as of

SIAM expects the super-luxury bus market to grow five-fold in the next 3 years.

Facing a growing threat from direct-to-home service providers, which are fast acquiring subscribers in non-conditional access system areas, the cable industry wants the implementation of the system in all the areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

The Essel Group website calls him a "karmyogi", defined as someone who believes in action rather than worry about its consequences.

The move is expected to cut into the business of rival Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

In a fresh round of patent battle over the launch of generic drugs in the US market, domestic pharmaceutical majors Orchid, Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy Laboratories have been sued by Cima Labs, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co and Abbott Laboratories, respectivel

India has lost out to China in the arena of one of the world's most respected stock exchange, Nasdaq, which has decided to launch a dedicated index of Chinese companies listed in the US.