For sale: one national airline carrier that has lost $360 million in the last four years. Doesn’t make for a very appealing advert. Could there possibly be any takers if …
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The timing was hardly ideal. Four years ago, the Samba ice cream factory in the Syrian city of Homs began operations, rolling chocolate-covered ice cream bars off its modern assembly …
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0nly on Sunday mornings can the thunder of horse hooves and the cheers and moans of men be heard rising up from the 84-year-old Beirut Hippodrome. In stark contrast to …
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A restaurant owner shopping for new kitchen equipment has plenty of choices. Around 23 different companies compete on the main market for industrial kitchen supply, which is worth about $12 …
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I n case you hadn’t noticed, a new line oflocally made dairy products recently appeared on supermarket shelves. Li ban Lail is the third and riewest major combatant in Lebanon’s …
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The Obegi family once owned one of the largestand most respected banks in Lebanon. Butduring the war, the family became fed up runningCredit Libanais under harsh conditions. “It was difficultto …
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Ever since the Golden Arches first litup the night sky in Dora inNovember 1998, the Lebanese justcan’t seem to get enough of that all-Americanfast-food chain. Beirut’s fivebranches of McDonald’s are …
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“I had a dream of making this companythe biggest industrial entityin Lebanon, but I’ve realized thatI can’t and the government doesn’t care tohelp,” says Izzat Kaddoura, chairman ofSoliver (Société Libanaise …
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One look at 45-year-old Raji ElMawla, regional manager of theMaytag Group, and you wouldprobably think that life is pretty easy for thisbusinessman. He speaks with a calm voiceand rarely wears …