Business

Over the course of July and August 2006, Israeli air strikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, pulverizing infrastructure and forcing many of the quarter’s residents to flee. Four …

In the beginning there were three risks. Or at least that is how the pre-1970s corporate observers and academics saw it. Like many fields of science, the initial elegant simplicity …

The board of directors of Lebanon’s Banking Control Commission were finally appointed on March 3 by a unanimous vote of the Cabinet. After more than a month without a board, …

Six of the United Arab Emirate’s banks control 60 percent of the banking market, according to Emirates Business 24|7 analysis, suggesting that mergers and acquisitions are needed in the banking …

Hard power dominates the Middle East. The prospect of military conflict is never too far away and economic sanctions are familiar to many countries in the region. Vali Nasr, professor …

For as long as insurance has existed, companies, states and individuals have purchased policies to protect against war. Britain and France have long provided war insurance to companies, and America …

For many clients of international banks, a trip to a branch has become a thing of the past, as an increasing variety of services have become available online. Some institutions, …

With the financial crisis winding down, hiring is set to cautiously resume in the region’s banks. Executive spoke with Panos Manolopoulos, vice president for the Middle East at Stanton Chase, …

In the late 1940’s after World War II, to avoid tenants from being thrown out of their homes and exacerbating the economic and social distress of the time, the Lebanese …

Despite a global decline in alcohol sales, the Middle East is still supporting a healthy appetite for Scotch whiskey, according to the 2009 preliminary sales results of Diageo, the global …