With the Egyptian Exchange continuing to rally ahead of almost guaranteed presidential election outcomes, only one securities market in the Middle East and North Africa moved unmistakably higher in the …
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On Wednesday, pollster Gallup unveiled its third Positive Experience Index (PEI) — meant to measure general happiness on a country-by-country basis. By happenstance, the Swiss business school IMD released its annual World …
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The United States ranked again as the world’s most competitive country and Venezuela as its least competitive in the 2014 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) by Swiss business school IMD. And within the …
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The region’s securities markets showed mixed performances last week with the strongest gain recorded in Egypt at 4.2 percent for the EGX30 and the biggest drop in Dubai at minus …
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With the E-day of transfer to MSCI Emerging Markets status now less than a month away, the three soon-to-be-upgraded bourses of Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi each moved in a different …
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Lebanon’s consumers ended 2013 wearier than ever and harbored little to no optimism about the country’s economic prospects in light of the miserable security situation and political bickering that dominated …
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Update: President Michel Sleiman announced he would not sign the rent law on May 7, 2014. The following article appeared in Executive’s print edition on May 1. When Parliament approved …
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Michel Pharaon, a veteran of Lebanese politics, first served as minister of state in 2000. The March 14 politician may not have been hoping for the tourism portfolio, but since …
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The first quarter of 2014 saw tourist arrivals contract by 16.5 percent year on year, to 229,000 visitors. The Ministry of Tourism is preparing a shoe-string campaign to reassure Gulf …
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As Lebanon’s politicians continue to horse-trade behind closed doors over the country’s next president, it is worth considering the views of perhaps the most regularly forgotten set of people in …