Business

The latest newcomer to the top ‘alpha group’ category of banks — those with more than $2 billion in deposits — is Creditbank, a player that aims to be the …

With the Egyptian Exchange continuing to rally ahead of almost guaranteed presidential election outcomes, only one securities market in the Middle East and North Africa moved unmistakably higher in the …

When in September last year Erbil was hit by a series of terrorist attacks, fears over political instability in the Kurdish capital, among Iraq’s safest regions, might have scared foreign …

The region’s securities markets showed mixed performances last week with the strongest gain recorded in Egypt at 4.2 percent for the EGX30 and the biggest drop in Dubai at minus …

“We have a cultural role to play; the festival is a form of cultural and touristic resistance which says that the country is still here,” says Hala Chahine, director of …

In mid-June this year, some of Lebanon’s newest real estate projects will be judged by a pool of experts in the sector, including architects, academics, consultants and entrepreneurs. While transparency …

Lebanon’s hospitality and tourism industry is in crisis management mode when it comes to dealing with its finances. As the number of tourists visiting the country has steadily declined, down …

With the E-day of transfer to MSCI Emerging Markets status now less than a month away, the three soon-to-be-upgraded bourses of Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi each moved in a different …

As conditions for the hospitality sector in Lebanon remain stagnant, more and more entrepreneurs in the field are exporting their concepts to greener pastures abroad. While successful restaurant concepts have …

Update: President Michel Sleiman announced he would not sign the rent law on May 7, 2014. The following article appeared in Executive’s print edition on May 1. When Parliament approved …