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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Economics & Policy
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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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Neemat Frem is the president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists, chief executive officer at INDEVCO Group and founder of technology service provider Phoenix Machinery. He recently sat down with …
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The need for security is a constant refrain among Lebanese politicians and journalists, who tend to intone that it has something to do with ministers meeting their maker on …
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The new Minister of Industry, Vrej Sabounjian, has made his mark in Lebanese business as the president and owner of the food service and laundry manufacturing firm, Vresso. Having just gotten …
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It is five years to the month since the 2006 war with Israel ended. The aftermath saw more than 1,100 Lebanese dead, infrastructure in disrepair and entire villages and urban …
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Toufic Dalal had spent 20 years building his firm into one of the largest steel manufacturers in the region, specializing in pre-engineered buildings and pre-fabricated houses. He had become a …
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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 …