Kuwait granted Lebanon an $85 million loan on Monday to finance the upgrading and rehabilitation of the Zouk and Jiyyeh power plants as part of efforts to overhaul the ailing electricity …
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Economics Lebanon’s five listed banks posted an aggregate 2.4 percent growth in profits in 2012 standing at $1.01 billion, compared to $986 million a year earlier. More from The Daily …
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Economics Lebanon’s Energy and Water Minister has announced that the first electricity barge is expected to reach Lebanon by the end of February and promised to supply the country with …
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Economics Egypt’s bourse recovered on Wednesday from a four-week low as bargain hunters shrugged off political unrest. More from Reuters The International Monetary Fund called on Lebanon to implement …
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Economics Israel's central bank governor, Stanley Fischer, has announced that he will step down effective June 30. More from the Wall Street Journal Gasoline prices in Lebanon have risen …
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For at least a quarter of a century, development economists have been documenting the close relationship between gender equality and development: poorer regions tend to have less equality, while richer …
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Economics The world oil market should remain well supplied in 2013 and OPEC does not need to trim back its oil output, OPEC secretary-general Abdullah al-Badri said Monday. More from …
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Economics Lebanon’s trade deficit widened 6 percent in 2012 to a five-year high of $16.8 billion as Lebanese fuel imports, which are partially being re-exported to Syria, soared. More from …
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Economics and politics Libya will strengthen security around its oil facilities, officials said on Thursday, in the wake of a deadly attack on a gas site in neighboring Algeria. More …
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that despite the drop in the number of tourists this year compared to previous years, the banking sector in Lebanon saw its …