Sales have dipped at large supermarket chains across Lebanon as customers continue to avoid crowded public commercial outlets in favor of neighborhood grocers in the face of looming security threats. Business has declined across the board on all items at

Cotton growers in Punjab are elated over the Pakistan government's decision to permit import of cotton from India through the Wagah border.

Farmers in India are all set to see a sea-change in agriculture sector soon, thanks to contract farming.

The US-India Business Council said on Friday it has appointed Joseph Gilmour, chairman and chief executive officer of insurance firm New York Life International, to its board of directors.

Coffee output in India is set to rise by at least 4 percent this year, thanks to early rains.

The credit flow to agricultural sector in India has exceeded the target in the third consecutive year and has reached Rs. 203,297 crore by the end of March, 2007.

India's largest agri commodity bourse - the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange - plans to launch futures trading in coal soon.

Demand for silk products has declined as cheaper polyester products have replaced silk goods the world over.

The world's largest chain of hotels, Best Western International, announced on Friday its plan to expand in India by starting 100 hotels in the next 10 years.

DLF has entered into an agreement for floating a joint venture with Ranbaxy group company Fortis Healthcare to set up hospitals across the country with about Rs 6,200 crore (Rs 62 billion) of investments.

Proving naysayers wrong, India's exports started the new financial year with an impressive 23.06 per cent year-on-year growth to touch USD 10.57 billion in April.

Etihad Airways will now fly daily between Delhi and Abu Dhabi and will launch a new service between Abu Dhabi and Kochi from Monday.

Even those who have the money to buy a house off the shelf should consider going in for a loan. Here's why.

State Bank of India has hiked the interest rates offered on non-resident Indian deposits with effect from Friday.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Fali Major 'flagged off' a 'Round the World' Microlight expedition today from Air Force Station Hindon.

Raman Roy talks about how this technique put India on the world's business map.

The monthly saving that the individual can use to service his EMI (Rs 25,000, in this example) is divided by the monthly EMI on a Rs 1-lakh loan. This ratio is multiplied by Rs 1 lakh, to arrive at the

Y V Reddy, outlined certain key milestones in the Indian economy's growth story and envisioned the future trajectory

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited said on Friday it would seek a lower price from vendors Ericsson and Nokia ahead of awarding them an estimated $4.8 billion contract for adding 45 million GSM lines to its network.

Reliance Communications did away with national roaming charges on Friday, even as public sector giants Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited slashed their respective roaming tariffs to as low as Re 1 a minute.