Economics and Policy Lebanon’s central bank plans a further boost next year to an economy hit by war in neighboring Syria and domestic turmoil, but the package will be smaller than this year’s $1.46 billion, its governor said Monday. More from Reuters Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati signed a decree Monday to authorize the advance payment of $800 million to pay the salaries of public sector employees. More from The Daily Star Oman's plans for a national railway project will be fast-tracked and completed in a single phase instead of three as proposed earlier. More from Arabian Business Iraq’s oil exports were cut sharply by a pipeline leak and work at southern ports, industry sources said, raising concern among buyers of prolonged outages despite Iraqi assurances. More from Reuters Companies and Business Dubai real estate developer DAMAC Properties has handed Saudi Binladin Group a $96m
