With the mass migration of almost one million 03 mobile numbers to the 71 prefix set for the night of September 17, Ineke Botter, Managing Director and CEO of Alfa, …
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Global Refund, the company responsible for repaying VAT to non-resident shoppers, has registered a 16% drop in overall tourist retail spending since former premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination on February 14th, …
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Consider this. The cigar shop at Beirut International Airport sells the largest volume (100,000 boxes per year) at arguably the best value anywhere in the world, while its VIP cigar …
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Where better to test drive a new Porsche than along hundreds of miles of summer greenery-draped German country roads and famously speed-limitless German “Autobahns” [motorways]? I have long dreamed the …
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Serge Hochar is president of the Union Vinicole du Liban (UVL). He also makes the celebrated Chateau Musar, who wines have been listed among the world’s finest. In this interview …
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Capital Intelligence Raises First Gulf Bank’s Rating to A- Capital Intelligence (CI) rating agency has raised FGB’s (First Gulf Bank) long-term foreign currency rating and financial strength rating from BBB …
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At first glance, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) May report on government accounting practices in Lebanon reads almost as one would expect: While the ministry of finance, and ministries in …
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Tomorrow’s members of parliament will have to be active participants in urgent lawmaking and they will have to be able to pursue the public benefit with great expertise. Therefore, it …
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Reflecting the position of banking in the economy, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) is the country’s most potent group in representing private sector economic interests and influencing future …
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VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY With total assets amounting to more than three times the Gross Domestic Product and accumulative deposits only a shade below 300 % of GDP, the Lebanese …