Lebanon’s propensity to host political, media and financial players from around the region and beyond is well know. Its weak government, strict banking secrecy laws, open media landscape and plethora …
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Finance
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Professor Antonio Fatas, the Portuguese Council Chaired Professor of European Studies at the INSEAD business school discusses with Executive how the European sovereign debt crisis
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Professor Theo Vermaelen, the Schroders Chaired Professor of International Finance and Asset Management at the INSEAD business school discusses with Executive how the ‘small people’ caused the 2008 financial crises, …
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Riad Salameh, governor of Bank du Liban, Lebanon’s central bank, discusses the banking sector’s exposure to the crises in Syria
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The story of how Lebanese commercial banks effectively finance the country through buying government debt has been told so many times that it is cliché — but even after all …
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Robust economic growth in Lebanon came to a halt last year as domestic political uncertainty and regional turmoil took their toll on key sectors such as trade, tourism and real …
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Lebanese banks with operations in Syria are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. The uprising that kicked off last spring has forced banks into survival mode as …
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Syria and Lebanon naturally have shared business interests, but in an era of American and European sanctions against the Syrian regime and individuals associated with it, Lebanese businesses have been …
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With the United States’ debt having surpassed 100 percent of gross domestic product, at over $15.7 trillion, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has launched an aggressive worldwide campaign to try …
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While it is still too early to assess the wider repercussions of the government- mandated wage increase this year, it is already irking Lebanese banks, coming at a time when …