Against all odds Lebanese banks have been weathering the current economic and political crisis. In spite of the numerous political shocks Lebanon faced in the last two years, the banking …
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Dr Freddie Baz, Bank Audi’s CFO and Chief Strategist talked to Executive about the current situation for banks in Lebanon and future prospects for the sector. E How do you …
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In a bid to become the aviation capital of the world, Dubai is investing more than $13 billion in civil aviation and aerospace industry projects as part of a master …
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The only way is up, or so it seems, for the Jordanian advertisement sector, which recorded stunning double digit growth figures over the past decade. A recent media survey, however, …
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With the exception of the city’s numerous minarets and a giant flag, Amman has always been a predominantly horizontal city. But this is about to change, since the Greater Amman …
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Sometime during the evening of Saturday, March 22, pipes from the Holcim cement factory in Chekka began leaking oil into the Mediterranean. Between one and two tons of oil entered …
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These days, while driving north of Beirut on the highway towards Jounieh and Byblos, one encounters a big, blue structure on the side of the road, on the exact spot …
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Going back a few years, Gemmayzeh was a quiet, residential area. As the brown tourist signs declare, it was and still is a “quartier a caractère traditionnel”, and back then …
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At a small pharmacy tucked into the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jdideh, a pharmacist recently had to deal with a rather vexing problem: he was running out of drugs. As …
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Downtown Beirut has become so desolate and empty that one almost expects to find tumbleweeds rolling in between vacant restaurant tables. But a walk through the Central Business District can …