Prepping the next leaders This month, while much attention was focused on the landmark opening of a branch of the Sorbonne in Abu Dhabi, a potentially more daring educational initiative …
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KAMCO Launches a $173.8mNorth African CompanyKIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO) launched a new $173.8m company, North Africa Holdings (NAH), to exploit investment opportunities in North Africa. KAMCO has already placed …
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Historicalinvestment No doubt inspired by the growth of tourism in Lebanon, Syria has launched a concerted push to promote itself as a tourist destination by cashing in on its abundance …
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Lebanon’s media industry is struggling to recover from $38.7 million losses it suffered this summer as a result of Israel’s devastating 34-day war on Lebanon.Media experts said that it will …
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Ramzi Ghosn, co-owner of Massaya, the boutique Franco-Lebanese wine producer, was holed up in his Tanail winery for the entire conflict. Now he, his brother Sami and their French partners …
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Jeffrey Feltman was sworn in as US Ambassador to Lebanon on July 22, 2004 and took up his duties on August 20, 2004. Before that, he served in Iraq, Jerusalem, …
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SABIC Reports $2.4bn Profits in H1-2006 Riyadh-based Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), reported total profits of $2.35bn in the first six months of 2006, down 10.2% year-on-year. SABIC stated that …
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Dr. Jihad Azour, Lebanon’s Minister of Finance, sat down with Executive on July 29 to discuss the roles of the government and his ministry in the current war: their efforts …
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Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for British newspaper The Independent, is one of the most acclaimed—and experienced—journalists in the region. Three decades in Lebanon have given Fisk a first-hand knowledge …
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After three long years of somber and often depressing news from Iraq – where by mid-June, according to Pentagon sources, the American military death count had reached the landmark total …