12 September 2008 Abkhazia is looking to attract investors with sandy beaches, 220 days of sunshine every year and an airport that once served as a backup landing pad for the Soviet space shuttle.

A new report says focusing more attention on improving or expanding Owen Sound’s downtown core, harbourfront, hospital and Georgian College is key to ensuring the city’s economic engine continues running smoothly for years to come. A draft economic de

Architects and developers already are looking beyond the housing slump. What they see is an opportunity to  design and build "green" houses for a new generation of home buyers.

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, came to Pretoria on Tuesday to bestow on us the gifts of his oil-rich land and to impart his anti-imperialist, democratic revolutionary vision.

MUMBAI: Prakash Kajuri is asset rich but cash poor. The Mumbai courier earns about Rs250 ($6) a day delivering packages in India’s most populous city but his home is sitting on land worth about $2mn.