September’s IPO window was not just open, it was wide open as several new IPO announcements were made and several ongoing IPOs came to a spectacular conclusion with oversubscription rates …
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After putting it on the market earlier this year, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) in early August completed the sale of BLC Bank, its Lebanese banking asset to Fransbank who …
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August’s star attraction in the regional primary market was a construction and engineering group from Oman. Galfar Engineering and Contracting started receiving subscriptions for its month-long public offering on August …
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Former jewelry designer Paula Naaman launched her scarf collection seven years ago with only four designs and ended up with more than 40 orders at her first trade fair. While …
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Although there was renewed interest in European aid to Lebanon following the Paris III donor conference last January, it is worth remembering that there is a strong tradition in European …
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It’s hardly been a great tourist summer. According to the numbers published by the ministry of tourism, the number of tourist arrivals in July reached 126,986 compared to 188,465 in …
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For techies, the GITEX, the annual information technology exhibition in Dubai, is one of the top three exhibitions in the world. It has steadily grown from 939 companies being represented …
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Immigration in Arab countries The UN Population Division database delivers an overall picture of immigration in the Arab World. Aggregating all Arab countries gives a number of 20.9 million immigrants …
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Beirut SE: Blom (1 month) Current Year High: 1,526.31 Current Year Low: 1,168.36 Un Under the shadow of the non-event of St. Cloud that failed to generate any improvement to …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Emaar records $424m profits in Q2-2007 Dubai-based Emaar Properties, the largest Arab company for development and reconstruction, recorded a AED1.558bn ($424.2m) profit in …