Bank ratings upgrades Four of Lebanon’s banks received ratings upgrades from Moody’s Investors Service in April. The agency raised the long-term foreign currency deposit ratings of BLOM Bank, Bank Audi, …
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It has been called the “logistics Super Bowl” and compared to reversing a faucet or shoving a basketball though a narrow pipe. But despite the amusing turns of phrase, the …
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Late is better than never, or so the saying goes. Thus, despite whatever flaws the 2010 budget proposal may contain, that Lebanon’s Finance Minister Raya Hassan was able to bring …
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In February of this year Joseph Andrew Stack, a 53-year-old software engineer, flew a single-engine plane into an office building in Texas. To the shock of many in the Middle …
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The last time Executive covered the Lebanon Motor Show, we called it a “regular fixture of the Beirut Exhibition Center.” That was 2004. For the next six years, spates of …
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The term “genuine replica,” a favored parlance of counterfeit luxury watchmakers and their advertisers, seems oxymoronic, if not cynical, at first. After all, touting your watch as a “genuine fake” …
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The Anthony Bonja Fortress watch has a look to match its name. With a thick steel casing held together by six hefty screws and a weighty leather strap, it’s the …
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Beirut SE (One month) Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 715.49 > Review period: Closed: March 26 – 1,119.09 Period change: 3% The Lebanese bourse was in the volume …
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Public Debt grows though defect slows The latest figures on Lebanon’s gross public debt as Executive went to print, showed an increase of 1.1 percent in January to $51.6 billion, …
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Hard power dominates the Middle East. The prospect of military conflict is never too far away and economic sanctions are familiar to many countries in the region. Vali Nasr, professor …