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Jihad Murr has got himself a promising little startup. Yep, the very same Jihad Murr who’s the executive manager of MTV and RML as well as 51 % stakeholder in …

C hange is slow in the Lebanese business world, where family owned companies are king and the boss is the boss. Modem concepts like stock options for employees and even …

Most Lebanese textile companies are holding on by a thread in today’s difficult times. Customs duties on raw materials range from 20% to 25%, higher than in any neighboring country, …

0 nce their kids had grown Hanan Faour and Dalal Turk, aka the Tabbara sisters, began making silk bridal flowers and fancy chocolate arrangements – the type traditionally offered to …

The timing was hardly ideal. Four years ago, the Samba ice cream factory in the Syrian city of Homs began operations, rolling chocolate-covered ice cream bars off its modern assembly …

For most people, summer means lazy days lounging by the swimming pool, catching rays. But for Salim Makhoul, summer is time to make money. In 1969, he founded Aquarius, a …

Fouad Fares spent 18 years with PC Group, where he worked his way up the corporate ladder, learning a thing or two along the way. ‘The new millennium is the …

Bakers and business people are of a similar breed. One likes to see his bread rise, the other his profits. Dora Mills is a company that likes to see both. …

S alim Wardy says that it’s his passion for wine that enabled him to sustain 12 years of invest~nts – $20 million to be exact – without seeing any returns. …

P icture this. You start a business from scratch, invest a lot of capital, make a name for yourself and endure innumerable challenges, difficulties and streaks of bad luck. Then,just …