ArmInfo. The non-cash transactions in the inter-bank foreign exchange market for march 18 made up $600,000 (185.544 million drams at the average exchange rate of 309.24 AMD/$1 USD). General transactions were down 1.7 times as against the previous trading day
ArmInfo. VivaCell, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, today announces the completion of renovation works on the roof of the whole Medical Complex in Medzamor, Armavir marz, to which the Company dedicated AMD 58.5 million. As press-secretary of the company
ArmInfo-Turan. Azerbaijan is losing the leadership in the GDP growth rates. The GDP increased by 13.4% in the first two months of 2008 (three times less than in the similar period of 2007 (41.7%). The GDP increased by 25% in
Stocks surged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday morning, after the Federal Reserve's big interest rate cut and two major U.S. investment banks' better-than-expected earnings results buoyed Wall Street overnight. At the morning close, the 225-issue Nikkei average stood up
Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. said Wednesday it will raise prices for 22 types of products by 6.8 pct on average on April 24 amid higher materials costs. The company last raised prices for its key products in April 1992.
The Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) celebrated the launch of its educational program for sickle-cell disease (SCD) during a ceremony attended by patients and their families at the center's facilities on Tuesday. SCD is an inherited blood disorder characterized
The market had galloped in the early trade as fears of a global turmoil in credit markets eased after a steep interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, but it pared large part of its intra-day gains, even though,
If the export incentives in the form of Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme was withdrawn, the bottomlines of major steel producers may take a hit of about Rs 600 crore. Paswan has written to Singh pointing out that the
Sky-rocketing food prices in Egypt since the start of the year are being matched by a rumbling wave of popular discontent and unprecedented strikes and demonstrations. Textile workers, teachers, doctors and accountants have all threatened strikes under the united banner
Spring in the Southern region of Maghdouche is marked this year by the opening of a modern distillation plant for lemon and rose flowers, enabling cultivators to sell their production more easily. The plant was established by the Hariri Foundation
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its peacekeeping mission in South Lebanon on Wednesday at the international force's headquarters in the border region of Naqoura. Among those who took part in the ceremony
NGO Ajialouna opened its seventh annual Diplomatic Bazaar at the Beirut International Exhibition and leisure center (BIEL) this week, displaying an eclectic array of items to an elegantly dressed and mostly female crowd of socialites, journalists and sponsors.
Oil and gold prices plunged from recent record highs on Wednesday, as markets were rattled by concerns that ongoing global economic turmoil would dent demand for commodities, analysts said. New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Michel Pharaon said Wednesday that Syria's invitation to Lebanon to attend the Arab League summit was not in conformity with diplomatic protocol, as it was sent while Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was out of
An Internet joker jailed for having created a fake Facebook page of the brother of King Mohammad VI, was freed after the king issued a pardon, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday. Fouad Mourtada, a 27-year-old computer engineer, was released from
This means that institutional investors will be able to sell shares without owning them at the time of trade. Simultaneously, a full-fledged securities lending and borrowing scheme, the essential condition for short selling, would also start from April 21, the
IBM's strategy combines unified communications -- convergence of information technology and telecommunications -- with collaboration to enable a wide range of innovations that can change the way people work together, it said in a statement. In a near future major
State Finance Minister Jayant Patil, while presenting the budget, said the present exemption on wheat, rice, pulses, jaggery, turmeric, chillies, among others may continue till March 31, 2010. But, he indicated, these commodities may attract tax thereafter as a new
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved the opposition-dominated Parliament on Wednesday and called for new elections on May 17, the second general polls in less than two years. The move came two days after cabinet ministers submitted their resignations
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday defended his decision to go to war against Iraq five years ago, vowing no retreat as he promised the battle against extremists would end in victory. "There's an understandable debate over whether the
