According to a report in French-language magazine Le Commerce du Levant, prominent Lebanese developer MENA Capital recently decided to discontinue a major residential project. This is the first time in …
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Political outrage may be good for news ratings but does not necessarily have much of an effect on stock markets. This was the week’s message if one scours the index …
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Toward the end of the year 2010, something strange began happening in the Mar Mikhael neighbourhood. Usually visited when a car was in need of repairs or as an escape from …
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Roula Helou was four when a car accident made her paraplegic, forcing her into a wheelchair. Back then it looked as if she would have little chance of accessing the …
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The largest securities market in the Middle East and North Africa, Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul, offered investors an avenue to take profit or redirect gains into new opportunities in week 12 …
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It’s a sunny spring day in Beirut. Where can the little girl who wants to kick around a ball or the little boy who wants to ride his bicycle go? …
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Around a third of Lebanon’s population lives in poverty, in a society where lavish opulence and desperate hardship are often only meters apart. Those in need are consistently neglected by …
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When Gilbert Tegho launched his green building consultancy business e-EcoSolutions in Canada just over five years ago, awareness of environmental and sustainability issues in Lebanon’s real estate market was nearly …
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Benchmark indices of Arab stock exchanges retreated in the trading week between March 9 and March 14. Both markets in the United Arab Emirates shed around 150 points between the …
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Energy efficiency and environmental preservation are still not among the first concerns of Lebanese real estate buyers when choosing their properties. Developers, though, are increasingly aware of the requirements they …
