Kazakhstan economy monitoring and research center held a number of researches on economic dynamics in the country. Results turned out to be very interesting, especially in the part which is about accession of the country to the World Trade Organization

World oil prices climbed on Friday, with London and New York futures close to 10-month highs on renewed supply concerns in the United States, the world's biggest consumer of energy. In London, Brent North Sea crude for August delivery jumped

Lebanon sank deeper into darkness for the past week under rationing that Electricite du Liban (EDL) officials said they were forced to apply because of electricity theft, a heat wave and power-station repairs. Apart from Beirut, most areas experienced more

In the first major reversal of his predecessor's orders, new communications and IT minister A Raja has cancelled all foreign tours of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's directors.

The sharp appreciation in the rupee has improved the balance of payments position of the economy despite a rise in imports.

Mayawati has decided to privatise loss-making public sector and cooperative sugar mills, but has postponed transition to the value-added tax.

If you thought Parliament was all about 'democracy at work', read on. Slogan shouting, walk-outs and boycotts resulted in Parliament losing 26% of its time to interruptions in the 14th Lok Sabha.

The Reserve Bank of India is looking to introduce a 'housing starts' index that is in tandem with the index adopted in the US.

The US has withdrawn concessions given to imports of gold jewellery as part of a revision of trade sops given to developing countries.

The finance ministry has objected to certain service tax exemptions for special economic zones (SEZs) businesses. This is for services they make use of outside these zones.

Even as the shares of both Infosys Technologies and Capgemini SA jumped on rumors of India's IT bellwether acquiring Europe's largest IT services firm, both companies denied the move while analysts questioned its very logic.

The Smart City project near Kochi is finally on track and, if all goes well, it should change the face of Kerala.

GAIL has already been appointed as the nodal agency for the pipeline in India.

The list, posted on a website link launched by the US regulator, includes ABB, HSBC, Nokia, Unilever, Cadbury, Total and Siemens among others.

Pashupathy added that while the translation technology was in the experimental stage, it could dramatically change the way customers view content.

During 2006-07, it made 25 patent applications and was granted three patents.

Deshmukh is on an eight-day tour of the United States to promote Maharashtra as a preferred investment destination in India.

Contrary to general perception, major cities across the globe including Mumbai, Kolkata and Seoul have more people moving out than people coming in.

As many as 11 Indian companies have been included in a pan-Asia Shariah compliant index floated by global rating major Standard & Poor's.

Kumar Mangalam will play an active role in some of my companies like Kesoram Industries and Century Enka. I am yet to decide what can be given to my daughter Manjushree," BK Birla told reporters on the sidelines of the