This month’s Lebanese elections will be dominated by orphans and the ghosts of martyrs past. On the March 14 ticket no less than five children — Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt, …
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In spite of everything, the Arab world is adapting to the current crisis. There is developing, out of the gloom, a positive attitude. There have been no more dramatic crashes …
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Why is it that we Lebanese fall into the same trap every time our instincts take control? Since 2005 and the outrageous assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, we …
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Arch rogue Roger Tamraz has just been released from a Rabat jail. That no extradition papers have been served by the Lebanese government on the disgraced investment banker says much …
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The Chinese may be calling it the Year of the Ox but in the Middle East — not to mention everywhere in the developed world — it will be the …
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It’s easy to do well in a boom, when the money runs almost as freely as champagne, and when investors feather their nests with the profits of successful speculation. This …
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It’s that time of year again, but this time the party hats and horns are being distributed with a bit more caution than in previous years. Depending on who you …
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Let’s make one thing clear: If Alan Greenspan, the former head of the Federal Reserve, has no clue, then who am I to predict how the economic meltdown will run …
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The Middle East escaped the brunt of the September 15 global meltdown; the subprime securitization lesson is one that should be well heeded. The US and the UK paid big …
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With this month’s special report, Executive has taken root in the CSR orchard; it has demonstrated that it is the business magazine that monitors and evaluates what is arguably the …