By Alia IbrahimKnaisseh - For years, residents of this Lebanese village have slipped in and out of Syria over a border that was never officially marked. Even after Syria set up sand barricades in 2006 to stop smuggling, they found » Full text »
To overcome the economic recession the president and cabinet must invite the world's best economic experts, Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov said, speaking to journalists in Donetsk Dec. 19.
Gazprom's executive board has approved an investment program worth RUB 920.44bn for 2009, the Russian gas monopoly said in a statement today. Specifically, Gazprom's capital investment is to amount to RUB 699.88bn, and long-term financial investment to RUB 220.56bn. According
German inflation slowed to 1.1 percent in December, mainly as a result in a steep fall in the price of fuel, the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said Tuesday, Dec. 30.