Riken in conjunction with Tokyo Institute of Technology announced on April 23, that a research conducted on monkeys, testing to find the correct and incorrect answer, unveiled two types of nerve cell groups in the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.

Sotec announced on April 23 its release of the WinBook WH Series, a stylish laptop, that comes with a 15.4 inch wide-screen LCD monitor. The WinBook is the upgraded version of the WinBook Series released last January and equipped with

Kenwood Corporation announced April 23 it will roll out a new FM mobile transceiver, the 144/430 (440) MHz FM Dual bander TM-V71 Series, from the end of May. The TM-V71 Series features enhanced basic functions, such as 1,000 memory channels,

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, known as NYK Line, announced April 26 that it will deploy 38 ships of its container vessel fleet with Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) technology over the next few years at a cost of $22 million. Following

Nitto Denko, Japan's leading diversified materials company, has established a local production subsidiary in Brno, the Czech Republic, in order to meet the increasing demand for optical films for liquid crystal display (LCD)-TVs in the European region, the company announced

Dai Nippon Printing has developed a new information distribution system for mobile phones with FeliCa (Osaifu-Keitai in Japan), set to be released in August, 2007. The new system consists of Petit Porta, a mobile terminal designed for distribution of information

Keio University has developed Ellica, a prototype electric car which can speed up to 370 km/h. The Ellica accelerates from zero to 100km/h in 4 seconds and travel 200km using Lithium-Ion batteries. Ellica's 8 wheels are connected to an electric

The judge orally observed that the obtaining of this kind of benefit by any such nominee-director raised an important question of morality and, equally, of law.

This will be over and above a Rs 3,655-crore domestic rights issue and a Rs 4,350 crore convertible preference share issue the company announced last month.

During the last financial year, Tirupur exported goods worth Rs 11,000 crore. This year, manufacturers fear they will fall short of the 20 per cent growth target.

A start-up by three friends with Angel investment of Rs 1.5 crore, NautankiTV has close to 40 per cent of its users from the US and UK.

The new cars which have been launched in the last six months include the Zen Estilo from Maruti, Hyundai Getz diesel, Spark from General Motors, Logan from Mahindra Nissan and Fiat Palio Stile.

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Saudi Arabia's Al-Tuwairqi Group will announce plans next week to build a $300 million factory in Beirut producing steel reinforcing bars, company officials said Monday. The proposed facility would employ around 350 people and produce about 500,000 tons a year

Lebanon signed a $20 million grant with the World Bank on Monday to rehabilitate the electricity sector and complete a water network in the Bekaa Valley. Finance Minister Jihad Azour and Council for Development and Reconstruction President Nabil Jisr signed

An Iraqi lawmaker on Monday urged foreign firms attending an international reconstruction fair in Jordan to help rebuild his war-battered country, saying that more than $300 billion were needed. "Iraq needs more than $300 billion for reconstruction in all fields

Oman's withdrawal from struggling airline Gulf Air will leave its new sole owner, Bahrain, with an economic burden but will likely prove positive in the long term, company officials and economists said on Monday. The government of Oman announced on

Mobile Telecommunications Group (MTC) said Monday that it has become the holder of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Celtel International B.V. following the final payment of $467 million. The payment finalized a binding agreement entered into with the

Sydney, Australia, May 7, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - IBA Health Limited (ASX: IBA) Australia's largest ASX listed healthcare information technology company has today requested, and been granted, a trading halt for its shares by the Australian Securities Exchange.

Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Today JAL Group announced the results for the traditional Japanese "GOLDEN WEEK" vacation period, stretching this year from April 27 to May 6, 2007. The overall number of passengers traveling on