If the global financial crisis taught the world anything, it was that the banking world and the real economy are two arms of the same body. But while countries around …
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Lending boom Few heads were turned by the first quarter results of Lebanon’s banks. As expected, rankings and market shares were maintained, deposits continued to grow 2.5 percent for the …
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With Lebanon’s bank deposits representing four times the country’s gross domestic product, Executive sat down with Riad Salameh, the governor of Banque du Liban, Lebanon’s central bank, to find out …
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BLOM launches Egyptian investment fund BLOM Bank’s investment arm, Blominvest, is to launch and manage an investment fund in Egypt called the BLOM Pyramids Balanced Fund. The new fund will …
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Kenneth Morse is the co-founder of 3Com Corporation, Aspen Technology Inc. and a number of other startup companies. He is also the former managing director of the Massachusetts Institute of …
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The policy of aggressive democracy promotion in the Middle East, a hallmark of former United States President George W. Bush’s administration, seems to have been sidelined by his successor in …
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For the aficionados, dog fighting is more than a sport — it is a platform to play God with the violence of Darwin’s natural selection. “I have Hitler’s mentality,” says …
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Beirut SE (One month) Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 737.84 > Review period: Closed: April 21 – 1,143.23 Period change: 2.74% A cone-shaped rise and fall on the …
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Insatiable” was not the word to describe the behavior of actors in Middle Eastern primary markets in April 2010. While it appears credible that investors have been hungering after opportunities, …
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IMF estimates for Lebanon According to International Monetary Fund estimates, Lebanon registered the second highest growth rate in the Middle East and North Africa behind Qatar last year. The Fund …