For years they’ve been looking with bated breath at their eastern neighbor. It’s a market of over 16 million consumers, four times the size of Lebanon’s. Its cheap labor and …
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Let’s face it, in its own way the recent liberation of the Southwas as momentous a time for the Lebanese as thecrumbling of the Berlin Wall was for the Germans …
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Imad El-Hajj, president of AmericanUnderwriters Group (AUG), probablynever thought of it, but his job is muchlike that of a priest. In times of trouble, anxiety,and worry, people come running tohim. …
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It’s nice to take a catnap. But if youwake up to find your multi-million-dollarcompany has been reduced toalmost nothing and your former employeesare your biggest competitors, then youknow you’ve overslept. …
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T here was little hope for TMA’s survival just a few years ago. Once one of the world’s premier air freight carriers, reaching the fourth position in cargo capacity per …
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The Obegi family once owned one of the largestand most respected banks in Lebanon. Butduring the war, the family became fed up runningCredit Libanais under harsh conditions. “It was difficultto …
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Ever since the Golden Arches first litup the night sky in Dora inNovember 1998, the Lebanese justcan’t seem to get enough of that all-Americanfast-food chain. Beirut’s fivebranches of McDonald’s are …
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When visiting Concord last month, EXECUTIVE got that “it could only happen in Lebanon” feeling. Representing this $50 million-a-year conglomerate is not some hard-headed CEO with years of experience, but …