In the years since the credit crisis erupted in 2007 there has been a steady flurry of economic and financial books published claiming to tackle the root causes of what …
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As chairman of the Beirut Traders Association, Nicolas Chammas oversees study and research into Lebanon’s commercial sector and lobbies the Lebanese government on behalf of traders. In a chat with …
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Against a background of flatlining national economic growth, Lebanon’s retailers have suffered a double blow this year, with many big-ticket shoppers from Europe and the Middle East avoiding Beirut for …
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Minimal economic growth and lower purchasing power have affected sales of luxury cars to a greater degree than the rest of the market, with the segment down by an estimated …
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With 434 cars per 1,000 people, Lebanon has one of the highest vehicle-per-capita ratios in the world, in large part due to an almost non-existent public transport system. The 1.6 …
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With the International Monetary Fund forecasting the Lebanese economy to grow by just 1.5 percent in 2011, it is no surprise that the automotive sector has not had a stellar …
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Steve Jobs is being mourned the world over, not just as a revolutionary inventor and talismanic chief executive officer, but also as an iconic personal brand and a globally-recognized leader …
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Andrew Tabler’s account of his time in Syria between 2001 and 2008 is refreshing — relative to the reams of Orientalist trite other Western authors have published about the Middle …
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Roger Dubuis (RD) is a Geneva-based horology manufacturer that specializes in luxury watches and was acquired in 2008 by the Richemont group. It sells its products through distributers in the …
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Lebanon has among the slowest broadband Internet speeds in the world. This has been well documented, and as Executive went to press the country was ranked 169 out of 170 …