The last few years haven’t been easy for local industry. And the Lebanese Ceramic Industries Co., which is owned by the Garghour Group and Finland’s Sanitec, is no exception. A …
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Steady streams of unmistakable yellow cabs snaking throughthe streets of Manhattan dominate the view of New York fromatop the Empire State building. Beirut might be just as saturatedwith taxis, but …
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As darkness descends on Beirut’sinternational airport, couriers arebusy clearing incoming shipments.Enter one colonel from the army’s customsbrigade. He barks orders that shipmentsover 20 kilos should be stopped, quoting anobscure 1959 …