"People are killing each other to steal LL100,000 or LL200,000,” says Mohamad Choucair, president of Lebanon’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. “That’s how bad the situation is.” While perhaps …
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Kidnappings, blocked roads, robbed banks and travel warnings are among Lebanon’s latest upheavals. The country’s economy is feeling the pressure with stores and restaurants closing down, hotel occupancy rates plummeting …
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The regional property market is eagerly anticipating the Cityscape Global (formerly Cityscape Dubai) real estate fair, due to take place from 2-4 October. The real issue at stake is whether …
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Talent rising Behind the app Beauty built one piece at a time
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The development of an efficient, modern and systematic arbitration process is arguably a central tenet that accompanies a country’s economic development and progress. Among other marks of quality, growth-oriented countries …
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Samer Hanna is both a pioneer in Lebanon’s online economy and a leader in his niche, which, in simplistic terms, is the provision of outsourced information technology (IT). Hanna is …
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Last month’s market news was tainted with scandals yet again, most notably British bank Standard Chartered was accused of hiding some 60,000 transactions facilitated for Iran, worth approximately $250 billion. …
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What was once a relatively quiet bohemian street parallel to the Mar Mikhael main road has begun bustling in recent months. While artistic types have long visited the art and …
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When your meal is served at a wedding or when you grab a canapé at a cocktail reception, you do not often stop to think of what happened behind the …
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Swiss private banks seem to be losing their mojo. Gone are the days where one could open a bank account in Zurich or Geneva and sit back, relax and enjoy …