Last month new banking scandals came to the forefront. JP Morgan announced first-half trading losses of $5.8 billion amidst intensifying fraud investigations, while Barclays was engulfed in a rigging scandal …
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Information Minister Walid Daouk discusses the thinking behind his controversial draft law regarding the regulation and control of websites based in Lebanon — the Lebanese Internet Regulation Act — and …
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Lebanon’s banks see soaring profits slow as trouble brews both at home and next door in Syria, while American muscle-flexing makes for costly compliance measures
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Beirut’s perennial claim to be the capital of art in the Arab world is facing competition. Qatar’s ‘Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art’, the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi …
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The American University of Beirut (AUB) recently acquired a major, never-exhibited-before collection of work by the artist Khalil Saleeby (1870-1928), who is considered the father of modern art in Lebanon. …
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"For a situation like ours we do need scandals,” says Zeina Kassaify, head of the Lebanon Association for Food Safety (LAFS). The uncovering of caches of expired products in warehouses, …
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Enab got its name from the vine that connects all the grapes together,” says co-owner Hasan Rahal. “We wanted a name that reflects the idea of the Lebanese family life.” …
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With election fever yet to hit Lebanon, less than a year ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, the eyes of Lebanese and much of the Arab world were turned westward …
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Summer has hit Beirut and the temperatures are sizzling, as are the prices of entry to the various resorts along our coastline. The country’s most exclusive resorts have always been …
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In some ways, reality is finally settling in with real estate developers in Lebanon. After years of unprecedented growth, the sector is waking up to the harsh effects of a …