Tunisia’s Bourse des Valeurs Mobilieres (BVMT) is expected to remain relatively immune to the international financial crisis in 2009. Mokdadi Hamadi, CEO of UBCI Finance, said that in light of …
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For most people, Lebanon is synonymous with shopping and partying galore. However, its Mediterranean atmosphere offers a wide variety of handsome landscapes — unusual when compared to neighboring countries where …
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The Kuwaiti banking sector has learned a great lesson in the immediate aftermath of the global crisis. Financial challenges began in the third quarter, when the central bank decided to …
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Is Iraq ripe for private equity investment? The idea of putting a high performing asset class in what is still considered a war zone seems anathema to many. The lengthy …
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If it takes brief visits to both extremes to plot a middle course, then 2008 provided Turkey with an opportunity to write the manual for the rest of the world. …
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Lebanese officials are the kings of temporary fixes. For years now government employees have turned a blind eye on infrastructural problems plaguing the country’s various economic sectors. The Lebanese tourism …
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Executive sat down for an exclusive interview with Charles P.S. Hall, CEO of HSBC Lebanon, to discuss the current prosperity of the Lebanese banking sector, the regional sector’s performance in …
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The long-term effects of the global financial crisis have already begun to take hold of the industry as lower demand for oil, resulting from the effects of a global financial …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Plans for a railway project linking Gulf coast Dubai, with 2 million inhabitants and the world’s highest rate of car ownership is expecting …
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Procter & Gamble Eminently known as a global leader in fast moving consumer goods, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is setting the bar quite high for CSR initiatives in the GCC. …