Lebanese banks are capable of growth despite the current political crisis thanks to healthy assets and a regional expansion policy adopted more than four years ago, Joseph Torbey, president of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), said on Wednesday. But

Egypt will begin exporting natural gas to Lebanon via Syria and Jordan through the Arab Gas Pipeline in mid-2008 - nearly a year later than the delivery date negotiated by resigned Energy Minister Mohammad Fneish last year - the prime

HONG KONG, April 25, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that Mr. John N. Stewart, the company's vice president and chief security officer, Corporate Security Programs, has conducted a series of meetings this week with members of the media in four

Pakistan successfully test-fired Shaheen II long-range nuclear-capable missile on Friday, the military said.

Pakistan and Indonesia have reiterated their desire to intensify and increase cooperation in the area of defence Production for mutual benefit of the two brotherly countries.

Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said.

Officials from Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense will visit Islamabad to talk about the cooperation prospects in the defense industry.

Pakistan and France have underscored the need for enhanced cooperation between the two countries in various fields particularly in the area of defence.

Kamran Rasool has taken over as Pakistan's Defence Secretary, a post held by the military officers for the past decade.

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IBM Asia Pacific today announced that Gartner, Inc, has ranked IBM as the number one application development tools vendor in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) based on license revenue in 2004. This marks the second year that IBM retains the top

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), with the help of IBM business consultants, will switch to an electronic file system that will improve efficiency and expand customer service. Last year the office processed more than 60,000 patents, nearly

Almost since the first transistor was created in 1947 researchers have been working on ways to improve its performance. And, they've had remarkable success. One measurement of their accomplishments is "Moore's Law," which correctly foresaw a doubling of processing speed

Michigan First Credit Union has teamed up with IBM for "electronic- banking" centers that combine ATM convenience with services usually provided by tellers or online banking. Although they look much like traditional ATMs, the new units provide most of the

IBM researchers have developed technology to translate Arabic media broadcasts almost instantly into English. Code named "TALES" (Translingual Automatic Language Exploitation System), the IBM technology processes the audio signal from Arabic television and radio stations and translates its spoken content

New technology will allow mobile devices and networks to automatically learn about users' whereabouts and preferences as they commute, work and travel. The immediate benefit will be streamlining the routing of wireless phone traffic. But researchers at IBM and Telenor,

Researchers at IBM and the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered that microRNAs, small molecules that have been shown to be involved in the regulation of the machinery of living cells, are probably much more influential than previously thought.

New software will let developers and solution providers build applications that can heal themselves. IBM researchers, who developed the software, estimate it could save IT staffers up to 80 percent of the time they've spent manually fixing problems. Created through

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced its US$250,000 investment in a Banking Solution Center for financial services clients in ASEAN and South Asia. The Center houses 16 banking solutions, in three zones - Discovery, Transaction and Fulfillment zones - in digital merchandising,

IBM has adopted a new corporate policy governing the creation and management of patents that goes beyond current law. The formulation came after the company created and maintained a two-month wiki focused on issues around intellectual property.