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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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There’s a shift going on in the retail world. Where once manufacturers competed against one another for consumer loyalty, today they face sharp competition from retailers, the very places that …
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Recently, the satellite providers Nilesat and Arabsat decided on a unilateral basis to block the Al Alam Arabic-speaking Iranian pro-government channel. Without delving into the underlying causes which triggered it, …
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If there’s breaking news in the automotive world, chances are, you heard it in Geneva, Switzerland. For more than a century the city has played host to one of the …
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Once a hurricane passes, those left in its wake assess the damage, pick up the pieces and look ahead to how best to get on with life. The first quarter …
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It is no secret that the backbone of Lebanon’s economy is the banking sector. And right now, the watchdogs of Lebanon’s banking industry are without leadership. The Banking Control …
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ (USSR) final head of state, changed the course of modern history. Among other things, he ended the Cold War and a …
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Georges Jebran, a 57-year old hairdresser who owns a salon in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, considers haircuts for his customers his top priority. But for the last six years, he …