More than four years after a wave of delinquencies on subprime mortgages in the United States triggered the gravest financial crisis of modern times, the global economy is still reeling …
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Economics & Policy
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The talk of labor nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council — ‘Saudization’, ‘Emiratization’, ‘Qatarization’, etcetera — has dominated national policies and development plans for the past 20 years. Qatar’s national …
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The nationalization of the private sector is at the center of the Gulf Cooperation Council governments’ employment policies. Executive asked Zafiris Tzannatos, advisor for the Arab states at the International Labour …
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If the many announcements coming out of the energy ministry last month translate into reality then the country’s electricity sector is on the verge of major change. In a few …
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There’s nothing like the promise of untold wealth to wash away the winter blues, and as the nation awoke to a new year of crippling debt, power cuts, falling buildings …
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Paying the bill Lebanon’s banks made an uncharacteristically political move last month when they decided to fund Lebanon’s contribution to the controversial Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The move follows a …
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On the side of a busy street Abu Imad stands in front of his warehouse that appears much the same as any other. Inside, the air is humid and Abu …
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A friend in need is a friend indeed, or so the saying goes, but when sticking up for your confidante means you find yourself in a heap of trouble, companionship …
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When you walk into Al Haidari sweet shop in Khaldeh, 20 kilometers south of Beirut, employees will greet you with a smile and free baklawa, but the forced cheer belies …
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As minister of tourism, Fadi Abboud has seen Lebanon through the heyday of visitor arrivals in 2010 to the more barren roads of 2011, as well as the change in …