Last week a Lebanese bank put up hundreds of billboards across the country advertising loans for plastic surgery. Though the language of the advertisement differs according to location - for the most part it appears in French and English in

The Lebanese economy is resilient and the government is determined to pursue its reform program, Finance Minister Jihad Azour said in a lecture at Johns Hopkins University in the United States on Monday. Azour said that despite the nation's political

Joseph Ghossoub, chairman and world president of the International Advertising Association and CEO of The Holding Group, has been appointed by Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to the

The clampdown will be part of a package from the central bank to make end-use norms for external commercial borrowing (ECB) funds more stringent for various sectors.

The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (R-ADAG) company has offered to buy the shares at Rs 130.50 (approximately Rs 150 crore in all), a 7 per cent discount on today's market price of Rs 140.20

The month-long carnival (after the April 20 wedding) will be held in 10 or12 cities and will showcase a collage of the couple's films, paintings and photographs, apart from exhibiting Gitanjali's new wedding collection.

Needless to say, Kingfisher is planning to deploy all foreign cabin crew on its US flights.

The Times group job site, Timesjobs.com, yesterday said it was the largest recruitment portal with 3.073 million active resumes.

According to television news channel 'Times Now', the Indian Army is lobbying for a 400% pay hike to the Sri Krishna Sixth Pay Commission.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 17, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - CirclePoint Asset Management LLC is pleased to announce the establishment of its New York based asset management business.

North Korea appears to be taking steps to close a nuclear reactor, according to reports that may indicate the nation is ready to uphold its end of a denuclearisation deal.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 17, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) today revised its consolidated and unconsolidated earnings forecasts for fiscal 2006 (April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007). On March 20, 2007, the company revised its unconsolidated

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 17, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp (TSE: 6753) has succeeded in developing a new LCD for mobile equipment such as mobile phones.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 17, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Tata Steel on Tuesday said it will sell equity shares worth $2.3 billion in domestic and overseas markets, besides $6.1 billion in debt to fund acquisition of Anglo-Dutch firm Corus Group Plc.

Executives from private companies such as Shell and Blackstone are likely to be invited for interviews for the post of chairman and managing director of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.

The Indian government is open to making changes in 5,000-hectare land ceiling for Special Economic Zones which was decided at the meeting of Empowered Group of Ministers about two weeks back.

The Indian government will soon launch a comprehensive weather-based crop specific insurance scheme to fight farmer suicides due to drought and other factors in the country.

Aditya Birla Group, Satyam Computer Services and Marriott Hotels India have been ranked as the top three employers in India.