It seems like a sweet payoff to invest in films these days. Take for example the the hit comedy “The Hangover”, which cost $35 million to produce and earned $242 …
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The Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) currently leads the expansion of telecommunications operators from the Middle East. It also is a main player in the development of regional content offerings both …
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In the list of Lebanese businesses, the name sticks out — Henry Heald and Co sounds incongruous. In many ways it is, yet it is believed to be the country’s …
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After months of back-and-forth in cabinet over various wage hike proposals, Lebanese employers will finally face the inevitable. Wage Hike Decree (WHD) no. 7424 will have most employers opting for …
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Growing up in Jal El Dib during the civil war, Mayella Zard remembers, “everybody was crying, but I was thinking I was going to become a princess… all my focus …
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Despite billions of petrodollars spent on healthcare in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s targets for healthcare service have not been met in recent years. With the government’s push to include more …
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Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, was the Arabian peninsula’s original pioneer in aviation, boasting more than six decades of in-the-air experience. However, in recent years it has fallen from profit …
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Entrepreneurial fervor among the Lebanese is well established, though the proper support systems to encourage and assist entrepreneurs are only recently improving. Endeavor, a non-profit nongovernmental organization (NGO), which supports …
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DERMANDAR The concept: Meaning ‘all around’ in Lebanese slang, Dermandar specializes in digital image technologies. The concept is simple: pictures taken with a normal camera can be turned into a …
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The role of branding products to increase their value and profitability is given serious import in the commercial world. Building familiarity, trust and loyalty to brands is at the core …