Economics and policy Qatar will sell QR4bn ($1.1bn) of three-year and five-year bonds and sukuk, its state news agency has said. More from Arabian Business Tourist numbers to Dubai increased by 9.3 percent in 2012, with the city welcoming more than 10 million visitors in a year for the first time, according to official figures. More from Arabian Business Lebanon’s Union Coordination Committee ramped up its rhetoric Thursday, warning that nationwide sit-ins and strikes would continue until demands to adopt a new salary scale were fully met. More from The Daily Star Syrian industrialists escaping their war-ravaged country are queuing up to establish industrial plants in Lebanon, the industry minister has said. More from The Daily Star Lebanon’s budget deficit increased to LL5.252 trillion ($3.49 billion), or 28.67 percent of expenditures, in the first 11 months of 2012 More from The Daily Star Companies and
