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Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen is Executive's editor-at-large. He has been reporting on Middle Eastern business and economy for over 20 years. Send mail
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The waste crisis devastated tourism in Lebanon, but there is still opportunity to recover, argues Michel Pharaon. Is it correct to say that the year 2015 seemed to be going …
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EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship in LebanonSpecial Report
Putting the system into the startup economy
The startup has to be the oldest form of business by virtue of the inane but compelling realization that one can’t have a business without starting one. And in the …
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In good times and in bad ones, leading wealth management institutions and Lebanese families and individuals are connected via a bond of mutual interests in profits and wealth preservation. Among …
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When Samer Karam talks about his new job it sounds as fantastic as if Sinatra had just sat down next to Peggy Lee to intone the Gershwin classic, ‘Nice Work …
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BusinessCompanies & Strategies
Coming Sukleen
by Thomas Schellen & Matt Nashby Thomas Schellen & Matt NashAfter protests outside their Lebanon plant and activist allegations of corruption, the CEO of Averda gives his first ever interview to a media organization. Little known by name in Lebanon, …
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In the Lebanese banking sector’s cherished game of claiming the deposit throne, month-on-month drops of private sector deposits are usually reserved for the January statistics, in what has become known …
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It is a regular romance. Quilvest, a global wealth manager, and Lebanon’s BlomInvest Bank have tied the knot with a new product partnership, allowing the Lebanese bank’s wealth management clientele …
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When you sit down at a sidewalk table of Gordon’s Café in downtown Beirut on a balmy late September afternoon, you can sip your espresso or pot of Sencha (green …
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It bears repeating that being decoupled from every other market is not a win-win. At best it makes you a functional zero, irrelevant to all but yourself. The truth of …
