Beirut SE Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 991.49 > Review period: Closed – June 22 at 1079.28 Points Period Change: -1.5% The MSCI Lebanon index trended lower …
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Blame it on the sushi. The rising popularity of the Japanese delicacy has brought the northern bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction, while at the same time profoundly altering …
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Inking free trade Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey came to an agreement June 10 to allow the free flow of goods between the four nations. Under the deal a “Cooperation …
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Lebanon’s real estate sector forges ahead Total real estate transactions in Lebanon increased 39.5 percent in the first five months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. In …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates ICT aids textiles in Tunisia Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is currently the most promising sector in Tunisia’s economy. It has witnessed a …
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BLOM ahead in Dar spar A British court has ruled that Kuwait’s Investment Dar should pay back a $10.7 million principal to BLOM Bank, after the Lebanese bank initiated a …
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“I see more tourists every year,” smiles tourist guide Abdul Razzak Homsi when asked about the prospects of his business. “Three years ago, museums in Damascus were empty. Now Europeans …
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The traditional Yemeni dagger, or jambiya, is worn by many men in Yemen as a symbol of their manhood and authority. But with its rhino horn, buffalo horn or ivory …
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Egypt reacted furiously, even threatening war, when five upstream Nile countries signed an agreement in May denying Egypt its veto power over any project anywhere along the world’s longest river, …
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If Cairo is the Hollywood of the Middle East, Beirut might aptly be called the region’s Vancouver, where canny filmmakers regularly recreate glamorous locations for a fraction of their on-location …