With property prices around the country appreciating significantly, more and more Lebanese are trying to beat the inflationary trend by buying a home. And the country’s banks are offering a …
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In a notoriously image-conscious society, the launch of First National Bank’s (FNB) plastic surgery loan last year in Lebanon made sense. Though some social controversy initially surrounded the idea of …
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In September 2006, the IMF in its Global Economic Output report projected that the US will be “the engine of global economic growth despite some uncertainty in the housing sector.” …
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The leader in Middle Eastern primary market action in August came — as has been the case for several other months of this year — from Saudi Arabia. The initial …
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On any given day, a scour of Middle East business news reveals that private equity in the region is ‘hot’, owing to favorable conditions at the macroeconomic level or data …
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Commodities have driven the early summer buzz in international markets, from heated debates over new potential oil price highs and China’s expansion in international mining to merger games at the …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Syria to collect $550 million from mobile operators in 2008 The Syrian government has forecasted $550 million in revenues from the country’s two …
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The United Arab Emirates has finally decided to go ahead with a new commercial law that would allow family owned firms to go public and list on the country’s two …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Dubai to introduce 3-5% VAT in 2009 Dubai Customs Authorities (DCA) will be introducing a 3-5% Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first …
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The story of the summer doldrums in the IPO market in the MENA region has now become an old wives’ tale. Most analysts say the IPO market is set to …