Devaluation. Is it a dirty word? These days you can find doomsayers on what will happen to the Lebanese pound – but they don’t want to get caught on what …
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Bou Khalil Markets recently shifted into expansion overdrive. In 1999, the supermarket chain listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange opened outlets in Tripoli and Mkalles and built a central distribution …
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Rallies at the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) are rare. There has been little interest In Lebanese stocks for the last two and a half years. Trading volume dropped from $640 …
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Stock of Politics Investing in stocks is pure speculation. But for Solidere, the most active company on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE), taking up over 70% of the total market …
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Could you imagine the deficit drops over 20% by the end of the year? Debt servicing, now exceeding revenues, becomes less of a burden? A healthier climate renews investor confidence? …
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T he rating agency just won’t quit. Two months ago Standard & Poor’s (S&P) threatened that if the government didn’t do something about fiscal problems running wild, Lebanon would be …
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Most people in the financial community believe it’s unlikely. What scares legitimate foreign investors from doing business in Lebanon is also likely to discourage criminals: unfamiliarity with the country as …
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It’s funny how a passing comment can send gyrations across an entire nation. Mustapha Miro, Syria’s prime minister, made a curious remark while casting his vote at the recent referendum …
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In the second half of 2000, big-name US industries listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are releasing this year’s second-quarter earnings. In Lebanon, cement industries that have …
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A wave of investment bankers swept into Lebanon a few years ago. Educated and experienced in the West, they envisioned big deals on the horizon. They dreamt that investment banks …