Japanese drug developer Medical & Biological Laboratories Co. said Wednesday it has purchased Bion Enterprises Ltd., an Illinois virus reagent maker, through a U.S. sales unit. The deal of the value was not disclosed. Bion supplies its products to 15

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday that its Brazilian affiliate, Usiminas, will construct new steelworks with an annual output capacity of 5 million tons in the South American country. Usiminas, formally called Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, will spend 5.7

Japanese wig maker Propia Co. has filed for court protection from creditors under the Civil Rehabilitation Law, credit research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Wednesday. Propia left liabilities totaling 4,375 million yen as of the end of March 2008, Established

Fast Retailing Co. said Wednesday it has sold all of its equity stake in apparel brand Aspesi Japan Co. to Italy's Alberto Aspesi & C SpA. The Italian firm also bought a 20 pct Aspesi Japan stake from trading house

Japan Airlines will quit Fukushima Airport in northeastern Japan in late January 2009, JAL officials said Wednesday. The move will be part of the company's plan to trim its domestic passenger flight operations in response to higher fuel prices, the

Mazda Motor Corp. , an affiliate of U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co., has no plans at present to revise its earnings estimates for the year ending next March despite the tough business environment, President Hisakazu Imaki said. The estimates take

Japan's Financial Services Agency said Wednesday that it has ordered IHI Corp. to pay fines totaling 1,595 million yen for false accounting statements. The amount was far higher than the previous record fine of 500 million yen that the financial

The Nikkei average finished a tad higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, after giving up most of its morning gains on a sell-off sparked by news that Iran has test-fired long- and medium-range missiles. The 225-issue Nikkei average ended

The Guangzhou-based video sharing site 56.Com seems to have bit the dust. For the moment at least, the site is dead. And it has been for over a month...Web TV Wire seems to think that the disappearance of 56.com back

Targeting techies in a lean season, Tourism Malaysia jointly with Singapore Airlines, on Wednesday announced holiday packages to Malaysia, aimed at showcasing destinations beyond the capital Kuala Lumpur, from Bangalore.

Singapore Airlines plans to add at least seven more weekly flights to Singapore from India -- five from Delhi and two from Bangalore -- from September, a company official said.

Shares of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications and South African telecom giant MTN on Wednesday rose sharply amid the two companies extending their exclusive negotiations for a possible amalgamation deal.

Britain's Financial Services Authority has approved an application by the Anil-Ambani owned Reliance Asset Management (RAM) to open an office in London.

These are extraordinary times for America. And the escalating crisis will force undesirable and unwelcome changes in the lifestyle of Indian Americans.

Beside tracking, locating and managing fleets, Sekurus International's integrated solutions has brought the solution for one of the biggest problems that are facing any company that have a fleet running out on the road "Fuel Consumption" The first and major

Dubai based Sekurus International LLC, manufacturer and supplier of Sekurtrack GPS/GPRS fleet management devices are providing fleet management companies with SekurTrack™ fuel sensors as part of the total solution to counter the increasing fuel costs." Beside tracking, locating and managing

SekurTrack ,"by Sekurus International ", precisely monitor driving characteristics such as acceleration, braking, turns, speed per minute and fuel level. Driving aberrations - such as highway driving speed exceeding 120 kmph - trigger an 'alert' in the form of a

Al Salah continued" driver performance can have a significant effect on fuel consumption, brake wear, engine performance, maintenance costs and insurance claims so there are many reasons why this should be monitored. Sekurtrack monitors a whole range of functions affected

OVL in 2007-08 recorded highest ever oil and gas production from its overseas assets. Crude oil production was up 18 per cent to 6.811 million tons, while gas output was marginally lower at 1.962 billion cubic meters. It earned a

The unions would give the notice for strike to the Government on August 4, All India Trade Union Congress' Andhra Pradesh unit General Secretary P J Chandrasekhar Rao told reporters in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Prior to that, the union representatives