New Lebanese designers recently got a hand up in entering the fashion world. At a mid-December event at their Saifi Village boutique, the Starch Foundation announced the designers it will …
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Controversy was heating up last month over a murky plan to allow construction of additional floors at real estate projects in exchange for higher taxes. Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s office …
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Lebanon won a rather inglorious ranking of 128 out of 176 countries in Transparency International’s 2012 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The data collected from independent institutions specializing in governance and …
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Banque du Liban (BDL), Lebanon’s central bank, is preparing an economic stimulus to help the struggling Lebanese economy, which is under pressure from the ongoing unrest in Syria, BDL Governor …
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Planitair.com brings online travel booking to the region While flight operators in the Arab world have embraced online-ticket purchasing, there is a still a lack of a comprehensive, regional site …
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“I am afraid that the profits of the local banks will fall by 25 percent at the end of the year” “It is not collapsing, but it is on the …
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Help for first-time job seekers The government launched a $2.2 million program to improve the employment prospects of first-time job seekers in the country. The New Entrants to Work (NEW) …
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NSSF crackdown yields results The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) — Lebanon’s largest insurance company and the public provider of social security to the private sector — has been cracking …
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Help for first-time job seekers The government launched a $2.2 million program to improve the employment prospects of first-time job seekers in the country. The New Entrants to Work (NEW) …
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Hariri Mansion in Knightsbridge for sale A 60,000 square-foot (5,574 square meter) ultra-luxurious home in London’s Knightsbridge is on sale with an asking price of GBP 300 million ($488 million). …