Business

In early December 2003, a Pentagon decision outraged a number of American allies. US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz issued a memo stating that several countries that had opposed America’s …

Beirut Cargo Center “Freight forwarding is a profitable business in Beirut but there is room for much more,” says Joseph Harb, president of Beirut Cargo Center (BCC), “I always tell …

There’s a new newspaper in town and it’s in your face – television, billboards, vans, in other newspapers, sales people in the street, your doorstep, even the office. Al Balad’s …

Providing established brands at an affordable price has helped Toy Market Trading sell an estimated $14 million worth of toys in 2003. This represents 35% of the $40 million local …

It started as the $40,000 pet project of a young entrepreneur in 1995 and ended up a trend that today seems to have been with us forever. The Ramadan tent, …

Saqi Books, an independent publishing company run by two Lebanese, is making waves in international markets and, perhaps even more importantly, helping to counter misunderstandings between the Arab and Western …

The violence still plaguing Baghdad has done little to deter a brave band of entrepreneurs – many of whom are Lebanese – to march into the capital and snap up …

Two major retail clusters are evolving in metropolitan Beirut just in time for the shopping season. Spinneys last month inaugurated its first hypermarket in Jnah, while the ABC Mall in …

Lebanon loves Europe. From German cars to Italian clothes and French foods to Dutch beers, up to 60% of Lebanese non- oil imports come from Europe. Therefore, as the Euro …

Lebanese cement manufacturer Holcim Liban has acquired 100% of Bogaz Endustri Madencilik (BEM), a cement company in Northern Cyprus.