Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al Babtain Co, home of the Infiniti brand in Kuwait last night, launched the much awaited G37 Convertible to the Middle East at a glamorous event held at the Palladium in Dubai's Media City.

Sanofi-Aventis' experimental chemotherapy drug Jevtana gave a 30 per cent boost to the survival rate of men with prostate cancer whose tumors no longer respond to standard treatment.

Prospects of the drug are bright and the drug might be able to offset the French drugmaker's loss of patent protection on its existing blockbuster cancer medicine Taxotere later this year following these results based on an international Phase III clinical trial.

Dana Gas announced the discovery of two new gases in Egypt on Sunday. It had acquired Canada's Centurion International by paying C$1.15 billion, in November 2006.

The 6th largest producer of gas made its first discovery at El Panseiya-1 west of the El Manzala concession. Its next discovery was South Faraskour-1, which was also associated with west of the El Manzala concession. A statement issued by the company said that both of its discoveries are likely to get associated to its El Wastani gas processing plant, this year.

Tesco has initiated with tentative steps into the estate agency market. The supermarket giant will now offer its customers a chance to employ estate agents Spicerhaart for £999 to assist them to sell their homes.

Qatar Airways, currently operating 80 aircraft, has doubled its fleet size in a period of past five years. It has been still trying to expand its fleet size and will soon get delivery of its 15th Boeing 777 ER aircrafts for adding more destinations in its chart on different routes.

As per a new research, the competitive pricing plans that telecom majors Etisalat and du have started to offer, has led to lowering of mobile service charges, including call tariffs, in the UAE in the GCC and among the 22 Arab countries.

It was after the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced plans to deregulate the industry, that the competitive prices were introduced.

Wednesday, Emirates Telecommunications Company forwarded a three fold growth in revenues in 2009 in Afghanistan, one the most difficult markets. The company also claimed 24 percent share of the mobile telephone market.

A sum of $300 million has been invested by Etisalat, which entered Afghanistan in 2007 and gives bread and butter to nearly 10,000 Afghans.