Economics and Policy Lebanon’s GDP is expected to grow at 1.4 percent in 2013 in the face of mostly poor economic indicators, global bank HSBC has said, downgrading their previous estimate of 2 percent. More from The Daily Star Dubai’s measure hit a 40-month high on Tuesday as investors betting on upbeat first-quarter earnings extended a buying spree, while Saudi Arabia’s bourse also rose, breaking strong technical resistance. More from Reuters Egypt’s prime minister Mohammed Morsi is due in Qatar for talks with his country’s biggest Gulf Arab financial backer as Cairo is negotiating for an IMF loan to help ease a deepening economic crisis. More from Reuters Lebanese consumer confidence dropped to a near record low in the second half of 2012, according to a new report. More from The Daily Star Companies and Strategies Electricite du Liban workers will stage sit-ins and suspend work
