It is a truth universally acknowledged in the luxury goods market since the 2009 recession; people have become blasé about bling, and those who do spend on big name brands …
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The Lebanese love of loud engines and sleek curves has lured to its shores a classic automotive racing icon, Lotus. Lebanon is to be the brand’s launchpad into the flush …
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On Easter Monday, the Hippodrome hosts a new horse race, one a little different from all the others. Just six or seven horses will run that day, and to the …
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From his office in Paris overlooking the Seine, 47-year-old Fady Michel Abouchalache, Chief Executive Officer of Quilvest group with $18 billion in assets under management, is proud to show off …
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The message from Baselworld 2012, the watch and jewelry industry’s annual conference in the Swiss town of Basel, was that business is back on track after a few wobbly years. …
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The Lebanese government would be broke if it were not for the country’s banks. For decades the banks have lent to the sovereign to help make up the vast difference …
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How do you tell the story of modern Iraq? For novelist, film producer and war correspondent Ali Bader, it’s not enough to recount the terrible cycles of violence that have …
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When Abdul Hafiz Mansour says 2011 was an “active” year, he leaves the impression that an off-the-record interview would yield a coarser word choice. As the “Secretary” of the Bank …
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Over the course of the last decade, electronics have transformed the global markets: virtually all the world’s exchanges are electronic. Access to liquidity and the ability to execute in nanoseconds is …
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Even by the standards of a city where you can dine at the tables of multi-Michelin-starred chefs one night (Yazhou, S.T.A.Y.) and be seen eating out at global trendsetters the …