Caretaker Industry Minister Vreij Sabounjian has met with an official from the United Nations Development Program to discuss the participation of Lebanese firms in the Syrian refugee aid response. More …
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Economics and Policy Saudi Arabia officially notified the United Nations on Tuesday of its decision to reject a seat on the U.N. Security Council, which U.N. diplomats said clears the …
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Economics and Policy Shares in Twitter Inc have been found eligible for investment by Islamic funds, according to IdealRatings, a company that screens stocks to determine whether they meet Muslim …
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Economics and Policy Kuwait’s government plans to form a special committee to review subsidies on goods and services which are costing the Gulf Arab state more than $15.9 billion a …
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Executives from the world’s leading development financial institutions flew into town to witness the signing by the Beirut based private equity firm, the EuroMena Funds, of the first national corporate …
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Economics and Policy Standard & Poor’s downgrade of three leading Lebanese banks is unlikely to have an impact on the prices of bonds or interest rates. More from The Daily …
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Economics and Policy Iraqi Kurdistan has finalised a comprehensive package of deals with Turkey to build multi-billion dollar oil and gas pipelines to ship the autonomous region's rich hydrocarbon reserves …
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Economics and Policy The severely weakened Syrian pound has surged against the dollar in recent days, with experts pointing to central bank intervention and developments favorable to the regime. More …
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Economics and Policy Egypt returned a $500 million deposit to Qatar at the start of November after Qatar refused to renew it upon its maturity. More from Reuters The …
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Economics and Policy Intent on supplying his government with arms, oil and food, Syrian President Bashar Assad has turned to Russian banks to access world markets, and the lenders could …