Beirut - US Charge d'Affaires Michel Sison, accompanied by some members of her staff at the American Embassy, visited the training institute of the internal security forces in the Beirut district of al Warwar.

The Lebanese American University (LAU) successfully issued a $75 million bond to finance important educational programs. "With this step, LAU became the first American institution for higher education - operating in the Middle East - to successfully finalize a pioneering

The airport operations are likely to be disrupted as the employees have threatened to start an indefinite 'non-cooperation movement' from march 12 after the government today rejected their demands for continuing operations of Bangalore and Hyderabad airports. The existing airports

The case of 100 Indian workers who had alleged slave treatment at US shipyard, is keenly being followed by the Indian consulate. These workers had accused their employer Signal International of tricking them into coming to the US. These workers

The banks, however, will have the freedom to fix charges for withdrawal of cash from ATMs through credit cards and from ATMs abroad. The ATM services have become free as the Reserve Bank of India, while issuing guidelines on charges

Britain on Monday assured India that there will be no discrimination against Indian professionals in the new point-based system for work visa. In a meeting with Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar in New Delhi, Duke of York and

Japan Asia Securities Co. plans to sell from mid-April what it claims to be Japan's first publicly traded investment trust fund products that invest in planned real estate development projects in Vietnam, informed sources said Monday. The Tokyo-based brokerage house

Penta-Ocean Construction Co. said Monday it has received an order for the construction of an art museum in Singapore's Marina Bay area. Under the deal, worth 163 million Singapore dollars, the company will start building work in May, aiming to

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Monday it is still investigating what caused a system glitch that temporarily halted trading in two stocks earlier in the day. Trading in shares of Nagoya Railroad Co. and Alps Electric Co. , both listed

Stocks extended their losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday due to concern that the U.S. economy may be falling into a recession, driving the key Nikkei average to the lowest finish in two and a half years. The 225-issue

Major Japanese natural resources developer Inpex Holdings Inc. said Monday it has discovered crude oil in a test well in the Timor Sea. Initial tests showed that 6,100 barrels of oil were produced daily at the well, located in a

The Japanese government said Monday it will provide fresh yen loans up to 185,575 million yen to India to help build infrastructure such as a railway system and an orbital motorway, and to fight poverty. India will be the largest

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Monday it will stop making and selling optical filters for plasma display panel television sets at the end of this month. The company said it reached the decision because the profitability of this business is unlikely

Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore) LP said Monday it will now aim for raising its equity stake in Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd. to 33.3 pct through a tender offer, down from its previous target of 66.6 pct. The

Japanese business leader Fujio Mitarai said Monday that Japanese companies will be able to deal with a weak dollar for about six months if the currency stays at levels around 105 yen. Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, the

Japanese industrial machinery makers' order receipts in January jumped 49.6 pct from a year earlier to 568,173 million yen, rising for the first time in three months thanks to brisk orders from abroad, an industry group said Monday. Orders from

This acquisition is the second such initiative by Mastek during the current financial year, and follows the acquisition of another insurance-focused IT company Vector Insurance Services in July 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, Mastek's wholly-owned US subsidiary MajescoMastek

The advantage of long tenure and low interest of Japanese ODA is beneficial to India for funding large infrastructure projects, said Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at the Note Exchange ceremony, held here today for Japanese ODA Package of 185.575

Chairman K. Ramalingam presented the cheque to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. AAI has undertaken a number of projects to improve airport infrastructure in the country in view of ever growing traffic in civil aviation sector. During the current financial