In September the World Bank issued its annual report Doing BUSINESS IN 2005: REMOVING OBSTACLES TO GROWTH, co-sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, the private sector lending arm of the …
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The saga concerning the private jet terminal at the Beirut airport continues. The new terminal was supposed to open its doors last June, but until now it has not. “We …
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In 1998, Mohamed El Hout, director of real estate and financial assets department at the central bank, was appointed Chairman of Middle East Airlines (MEA). At the time, Lebanon’s national …
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In the revamping of cellular network operations in Lebanon, a joint venture under leadership of German company Detecon – itself a full subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom – was awarded a …
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The American University of Beirut’s Business Faculty is now offering a human resources management specialization, both at the undergraduate and MBA levels. It is the first such specialization in the …
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$84.5 billion in Investments Needed for Regional Energy Sector According to a study published by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), the regional energy sector should raise nearly …
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After much back-and-forth in the media, in mid-July an agreement was finally hammered out between the Syndicate of Hospitals and the various government entities and public employee groups that collectively …
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While 60 cruise ships dock at Beirut each summer only one, the Ausonia, takes on new passengers, and for three years now, Lebanese holidaymakers have signed up for the weeklong …
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Solidere has launched a new program thought to bring many changes to your business. What is the program’s core offering? The program is based on settling part of the price …
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Jerome Bon, professor of marketing at France’s premier Business school ESCP-EAP, has been an ESA intermittent teacher and advisor since the two institutions joined forces with the central bank of …