Economics Iran, which fell two places to become India’s fourth-largest crude supplier last year, may lose $2.5 billion of revenue as global sanctions prompt the South Asian nation to reduce …
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Economics The European Union will consider adding Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist organisations after it was implicated in a bombing in Bulgaria last year, an EU foreign …
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Economics Lebanon needs to rethink its economic model after decades of setbacks that have affected its socio-economic stability, an International Labor Organization official said Tuesday. More from The Daily Star …
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Kuwait granted Lebanon an $85 million loan on Monday to finance the upgrading and rehabilitation of the Zouk and Jiyyeh power plants as part of efforts to overhaul the ailing electricity …
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Economics Lebanon’s five listed banks posted an aggregate 2.4 percent growth in profits in 2012 standing at $1.01 billion, compared to $986 million a year earlier. More from The Daily …
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Economics Lebanon’s Energy and Water Minister has announced that the first electricity barge is expected to reach Lebanon by the end of February and promised to supply the country with …
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Economics Egypt’s bourse recovered on Wednesday from a four-week low as bargain hunters shrugged off political unrest. More from Reuters The International Monetary Fund called on Lebanon to implement …
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Economics Israel's central bank governor, Stanley Fischer, has announced that he will step down effective June 30. More from the Wall Street Journal Gasoline prices in Lebanon have risen …
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Economics The world oil market should remain well supplied in 2013 and OPEC does not need to trim back its oil output, OPEC secretary-general Abdullah al-Badri said Monday. More from …
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Economics Lebanon’s trade deficit widened 6 percent in 2012 to a five-year high of $16.8 billion as Lebanese fuel imports, which are partially being re-exported to Syria, soared. More from …