Operating a high-end diagnostic center in Lebanon may be life saving, commendable and personally rewarding, but the financial returns are unlikely to match those from a plastic surgery outfit. Imbalances …
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The venture was conceived to solve a problem of medical claims management for several Lebanese insurers in 1991, right after the country’s civil war ended. Today, GlobeMed Group has 800 …
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One of Beirut’s most ambitious residential tower developments, Damac Tower, has now reached ground level. United Arab Emirates-based luxury developer Damac Properties is behind the venture, and Executive sat down …
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Moody’s rating agency this week issued two warnings to the Lebanese economy and banking sector. On Tuesday they changed the outlook for government bonds from stable to negative and the …
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The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), in combination with the Global Competitiveness Index as its ranking component, is the hallmark product of the World Economic Forum. Executive talked about the position …
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A cornerstone of the renewal of the Lebanese healthcare industry is a series of investments in hospitals, paradigmatic among which is the project to expand and improve the medical center …
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The maxim in approaching the Lebanese healthcare “system” today appears to be simple: do not upset the patient. Keeping calm with strict bed rest can be a good short-term rule …
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When news broke late last month that the total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Middle East and North Africa had doubled in the first quarter of 2013, …
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Casablanca-based Saham Finances is a virtually unknown entity in the Levant and Gulf insurance markets today, but the company is nothing if not ambitious. In June 2012 it acquired 81 …
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The enterprise of the Zard Abou Jaoude family is a self-declared attempt at renaissance, as per the very name of its cornerstone property development company, Renaissance Holding. It is a …