Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Thursday projected an inflation rate of more than 10 percent in Lebanon this year. Speaking to representatives of the Association of Banks in Lebanon, the governor said it is only normal that Lebanon is
Allowing Iran to build nuclear weapons would mark an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations", George W. Bush told the Israeli parliament, promising that the US would continue to stand with the Jewish state in future confrontations
The sharp rise in the expected death toll indicates hopes are fading for tens of thousands of people trapped under collapsed buildings as rescuers struggle to reach them
Bank Melli, Iran's biggest commercial bank, is set to be banned from operating in the European Union under proposals in the final stages of discussion in Brussels
Beirut - The Unrest over the past week cost the Lebanese economy as much as $600 million in lost revenue and the figure may rise as the political deadlock continues, the country's tourism minister said.
Beirut / Nicosia - Cyprus is enforcing international shipping law to stop private yacht owners making illegal earnings out of people desperate to return to strife-stricken Lebanon in the absence of normal flights, officials said on Wednesday.
India can undertake several interventions like managing flood, prevent drought, improve storage of water and expanding irrigation by bringing in technologies. Since the average farmland is reduced and cannot be expanded, it is appropriate to use efficient technology, high-yielding seeds,
During May-June, sales of not only seasonal consumer goods such as ACs and refrigerators go up, but also with more and more families going abroad for holidays, there is a surge in sales of cameras and camcorders and even laptops,
As the green building movement in India gathers steam with growing numbers of real-estate developers adopting eco-friendly construction methods, it is trying to overcome a huge shortage in green-friendly industry professionals.The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) - the nodal body
The most popular targets for real estate investments now are countries in the new economic region stretching from China across India and the Middle East to Africa (CHIMEA), said a report.The top 50 emerging markets represented in A T Kearney's
Five pilot schemes, being rolled out across the UK, could slap up to 1,000 pound a year on households that fails to recycle enough, the Daily Express tabloid said on Thursday. The report said ministers have signalled that the pilot
Even as Indian tipplers graduate into the modern mixology of cocktails where the showmanship of 'flares' and 'flames' takes over from the classical measured drinks, the bars business is growing at an average 25-35%.
Honda Siel Cars India Ltd lost around 1,000 units in market share in more than four months of this year due to a halt in production of the old seventh generation Accord, one of their most popular cars in India,
For Vrinda Rajgarhia, founder director of Sweet World, turning her childhood passion into a business venture was the most exciting thing that she could ever do.
Our technology stems from measurement science. We drive improvement in technology through it. Once you have measured something, you know the status of that activity and can put some improvement processes in place.
The hotel group plans to invest about Rs 120 crore (Rs 1.2 billion) over the next two-three years for setting up four-star hotels in Hyderabad and Coimbatore. Speaking at a press conference on the launch of a bartending course in
In the US, for instance, as much as 30 per cent of food, worth $48.3 billion approximately, is thrown away each year, the report prepared by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The growth in new business premium for private sector players slowed down to 53.6 per cent y-o-y for March 2008 compared with 90.5 per cent y-o-y for the period beween April 2007 and February 2008. That dragged down the growth
