Beirut SE Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 953.88 > Review period: Closed Sept 23 at 969.34 points Period change: 1.4% Despite a minor improvement in the MSCI …
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More than three years after the start of the financial crisis and two years after the default of Lehman Brothers, the world economy is still struggling to climb back from …
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Buildings go up and banks earn profits; it’s a simple fact of life in any reasonably functioning economy. Both the banking and the real estate industries would most probably prefer …
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Watches. “You either love them or you don’t care,” said Ronan Keating, sitting back on an overstuffed armchair in the library of IWC Schaffhausen’s new downtown boutique. Keating cares. In …
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The New York-based International Peace Institute’s recently published “Security and Development: Searching for Critical Connections” is a scholarly work of valuable insight for the Middle East. Edited by Neclâ Tschirgi, …
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A quick glance at Lebanon’s smog-choked roads reveals that hybrid cars and green technology are yet to be embraced by the country’s drivers. The vehicles are still a bit of …
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Running the gauntlet that is Gulf finances these days, Emirati bank balance sheets are being battered; double-teamed by deteriorating asset quality and non-performing loans. Fortunately for them, however, the fight …
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Beirut SE Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 977.55 > Review period: Closed Aug 24 at 984.24 Points Period Change: -2.6% After 18 weeks of rarely interrupted drops, …
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Labeling this region as the “Middle East” or the lesser used “Near East,” is standard practice in the West, but the region can equally be called “West Asia,” the opposite …
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Ever since the Porsche Cayenne debuted in 2003, it has faced a tough question: how to hold its niche in the luxury SUV market without jeopardizing the character of the …