Joseph Mouawad, chairman of Mouawad Investment Group (MIG), has gradually earned his place among Lebanon’s top developers of residential properties, country clubs and mixed-use offices since the start of Lebanon’s …
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Though Lebanese real estate has always carried its weight as a prime investment tool and a win-win sector for both suppliers and end-users —even during the uncertainty of the civil …
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Saudi Aramco, valued anywhere from $2 trillion to $7 trillion and employing more than 55,000 people, is the world’s largest unlisted company. How it got there is a story that …
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The sweeping social changes and revolutions rocking the Middle East and North Africa in recent months have indeed taken the world by surprise. Although many analysts and experts agree that …
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As a general rule, it’s difficult to trust someone that you don’t know. Extending this rule to the commercial level, how can consumers be expected to choose Lebanese brands when …
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Simon Cooper is deputy chairman at HSBC Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Herecently sat down with Executive to discuss the effect of the regional unreston business and investment …
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The threat that cultural heritage faces in Beirut as a result of rising land prices and the scarcity of empty plots is a familiar theme. There seems to be no …
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Car distributors in the Gulf and Middle East region have seensales bloom in the first quarter of 2011. Whether they are unrestrainedly regalchariots or utterly practical wheels, vehicles made by …
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Geoff Skingsley is executive vice president of human resources for L’Oreal Global. He recently sat down with Executive to discuss hiring conditions in the Middle East, as well as the …
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If anything can be reliably forecast amid the growing upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, it is the direction of global food prices. They have currently settled at …
