Islamic banking is regarded as the fastest growing segment in the banking sector with a growth rate of 20 to 30 percent per year recorded over the past decade. With …
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Appointed chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) of Lebanon in September 2008, Pik Yee Foong is the only female CEO in the country’s entire banking sector. She is …
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“The dollar is our currency, but your problem,” quipped US Secretary of the Treasury, John Connolly, to his European counterparts in 1971. Today, nearly 40 years later, his words couldn’t …
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“Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud,” …
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The global music industry is facing hard times. Over the last five years, sales of legal ‘hard copies’ (CDs, DVDs, cassettes and records) have declined sharply, due to the rise …
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The warm weather this year may be celebrated by some but for the many keen skiers the snowy slush and closed slopes in the ski resorts of Lebanon are causing …
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The Lebanese investment landscape of the past few years has come to resemble the country’s terrain; when first considered it is a seemingly attractive environment like that of the Mediterranean …
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Lebanon is now in top gear for the parliamentary elections that will occur on June 7, and billboards throughout the land will soon bear images of leaders and the political …
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As the insurance world braces itself for a year or more of depressing outlook in terms of investment revenues, Lebanon’s insurance sector appears to be in a bullish mood as …
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If one were to attempt to gauge the progression of Lebanon’s economy from the 1950’s until today, one would do well to observe the trials and tribulations of the region’s …