Liban Lait had established itself as a leading competitor in the Lebanese dairy industry by the time bombs began to rain down in 2006. Considering it had only been formed …
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Economics & Policy
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Having shut down operations when the Israeli bombing campaign began on July 13, 2006, Abbas Safieddine had the disconcerting experience three days later of seeing the smoldering ruins of his …
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When Ali Ismael, co-owner of Tricot Starlet Co., saw the wreckage of his clothing factory in Beirut’s southern suburbs, bombed just five days before the 33-day war ended, the shock …
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The industrial sector in Lebanon is often regarded as the runt of the economic litter. Real estate, tourism and banking receive the lion’s share of attention and praise, not to …
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For an inside view of Lebanon’s top restaurants, check out the the luxury special report in the July edition of Executive Magazine, in stores now.
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Economic growth crashing to 1.3 percent Lebanon’s real gross domestic product growth for 2011 is expected to be just 1.3 percent, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest country …
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To describe Lebanon’s telecommunications sector as politicized would be an understatement on par with saying the summer of 2006 was eventful, or that Hezbollah and Israel enjoy a good game …
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Developing a vibrant and innovative information and communication technology (ICT) sector would provide the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with a propitious opportunity to increase productivity and boost …
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When the tourism minister starts talking about how we should change the country’s strategy from attracting “land” tourists to “air” tourists you know that the industry, which props up around …
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The ‘Arab Spring’ is yielding some unexpected and exotic political fruits. The proposal to accept Jordan and Morocco into the Gulf Cooperation Council is certainly among the most intriguing, and …