Economics and Policy Lebanon's caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi has warned that growth was unlikely to exceed 1.5 percent in 2013 – and it could flatline next year. More from …
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Economics and Policy The London-based Institute of International Finance has revised downward its projection for Lebanon’s 2013 GDP growth from 1.1 percent to 0.7 percent, a further indication that many …
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Economics and Policy Lebanese caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said new estimates for nearly half of Lebanese waters suggested the country’s reserves of natural gas and oil might be larger …
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Economics and Policy Iraq plans to sell bonds for the first time since 2006 as surging oil revenue pushes borrowing costs lower even as sectarian violence in the troubled nation …
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Economics and Policy Egypt is not interested in importing gas via pipeline from Israel and instead is focusing on a plan to import liquefied natural gas, a top state executive …
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Economics and Policy Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented rejection of a U.N. Security Council place has pushed the world body into uncharted territory, but fellow Gulf nation Kuwait is emerging as an …
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Economics and Policy Cairo will begin repaying the more than $6 billion it owes to foreign oil firms within two months, the chairman of state-run Egyptian General Petroleum Company has …
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Economics and Policy Political unrest has hurt Tunisia’s growth outlook but it will stay committed to cutting the state budget deficit next year, while relying on foreign aid to fill …
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Economics and Policy The boss of a Turkish real estate company working on projects such as Trump Towers Istanbul has warned Gulf investors about impulse buying in his country amid …
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Economics and Policy Iraq is set to boost its oil export capacity significantly by the end of the first quarter next year, stepping up competition with top exporter Saudi Arabia …