Business

"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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

For paying nearly a quarter of each employee’s monthly salary into the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), one would think that private sector businessmen would be ensuring a nice retirement …

When planning retirement in Lebanon, a key question one needs to ask is “Do I have enough money in my savings account for my old age?” And if not, then …

In the olden days, Uruguay Street, behind what today is the Samir Kassir Square, was better known as the Souk El Kmash, or the “Clothes Market”, and was famous for …