About 30 percent of people buying houses in new buildings in Moscow are ready to take out a mortgage, the Est-a-Tet agency said.

Prominent Lebanese and American figures urged Lebanon Thursday to embrace information and communication technology (ICT) at the core of its decision-making process or it would not be able to compete globally in the future.

The remarks came during the first American Information and Communication Technology Conference and Exhibition which was inaugurated by the US Ambassador Maura Connelly along with Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas and organized by the US Commercial Service in collaboration with the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and the Arab ICT Organization at BIEL in Beirut.

Beijing is now on the brink of getting its very own Pudong with the transformation of historic but shabby Tongzhou in the southeast of the city from commuter dormitory to business, entertainment, health, education, industrial, high-end residential and recreational hub.

That İstanbul is the capital of Turkey’s economy was once again confirmed with the latest data released by the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, which displayed that half of Turkey’s total foreign trade was conducted in İstanbul in the first eight months of 2010.

“The Future offal distribution in Nigeria” – A paper presented by Mr. FEMI ODUGBEMI, Managing director/CEO Dvworx Studios Lagos,at the 4th festival of indigenous African Language Films held at Owena Hotel, Akure from October 3-7th, 2010.