By Thomas James Ya Libnan Volunteer Prior to this month, anyone arriving in Beirut, would have been immediately struck by the bombardment of political imagery, with posters, flags and signs depicting current leaders, martyred heroes and evocative slogans dominating the

Tokyo, Oct 22, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI announces that at the board of directors meeting held today, a resolution was passed to purchase trust beneficiary rights from Central Tower Estate Co. at the end of October 2008. The

Helsinki, Oct 22, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Incap Contract Manufacturing Services Private Limited, a subsidiary of Incap Corporation, Finland has signed agreements with six new customers operating in India. Volume deliveries to these customers have started this summer, after

Asahi Breweries Ltd. is planning to strengthen its tie-up with major Chinese beer maker Tsingtao Brewery Co. in a bid to boost sales in Asia, President Hitoshi Ogita says. In a recent interview with Jiji Press, Ogita said Asahi cannot

Samsung Electronics Co.'s withdrawal of a planned tender offer for U.S. flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. is welcome news for Toshiba Corp. , a SanDisk business partner. The South Korean semiconductor maker's acquisition of SanDisk, as initially planned, would rob

Hiroshima Bank is considering the acquisition of some of the Mazda Motor Corp. shares now held by major U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co., it was learned Wednesday. Hiroshima Bank has equity stakes in many companies that deal with Mazda. For

NEC Corp. said Wednesday that it has cut its group operating profit estimate for fiscal 2008 to 120 billion yen from 170 billion yen previously seen, due to the sluggish performance of its network system business. For the year to

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it expects earnings growth for April to September, helped by brisk sales of power generating equipment at its power systems business. For the first half of fiscal 2008, Mitsubishi Heavy estimates group sales at

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Wednesday that it has signed a risk mitigation pact with the Asian Development Bank to help strengthen support for trade involving developing countries in Asia. Under the pact, the ADB will cover 50 pct of

Japan's All Nippon Airways plans to have its air fares for overseas package tours include fuel surcharges starting in April, informed sources told Jiji Press Wednesday. The move is designed to avoid confusion caused by separately collecting the surcharges. ANA

Douglas Peterson, head of Nikko Citi Holdings Inc., said he welcomes recent signs of revival of the Japanese financial industry, as Japanese banks have largely rid themselves of bad debt, gradually improved profit margins and mostly avoided the U.S. subprime

Stocks pulled back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday morning, bruised by Wall Street's overnight setback and the yen's renewed rise. The 225-issue Nikkei average ended the morning session down 265.18 points, or 2.8 pct, from Tuesday at 9,041.07 after

Stocks dived on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday as the yen's jump against the dollar and the euro rekindled worries about earnings at export-reliant Japanese companies. The 225-issue Nikkei average tumbled 631.56 points, or 6.8 pct, from Tuesday to

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday that its tender offer for consumer finance company Acom Co. has ended successfully. Through the acquisition of additional shares, valued at 152.5 billion yen, Mitsubishi UFJ, one of Japan's three megabank goups, will

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it expects to report a 7.6 pct fall in first-half sales due to slowing demand in the United States and Europe. The Japanese automaker lowered its group sales forecast for the first half ended last

Auto parts maker Denso Corp. said Wednesday it has developed a new small air conditioner for Toyota Motor Corp.'s ultra-compact iQ vehicle. With improved resin model technologies, Denso reduced the size of the blower fan by almost half the size

O'will Corp. , a Tokyo food materials trader and convenience store operator, will make its debut on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange for startups on Nov. 7. The company, established in 1986, plans to use the proceeds from the initial public

ArmInfo. The Armenian foreign ministry disconfirm the statement on alleged upcoming visit of the OSCE MG co-chairs to the region next week, Tigran Balayan, the head of the Armenian foreign ministry's media relations division, told ArmInfo correspondent when commenting upon

ArmInfo. Under the program of corporate social responsibility, the network of STAR supermarkets has recently presented over 1 ton frozen chicken meat to the Yerevan Zoo. As the PR division of STAR told ArmInfo, the meat contains all nutritive properties.

ArmInfo. Information technologies in Armenia must be developed in parallel with infrastructure development, High Representative of UN Secretary General Cheikh Sidi Diarra said during today's International Innovations Conference held in Yerevan. As he said, the international experience shows that the