Tourism, that perennial contributor to Lebanon’s coffers, could be heading for a dry spell. The deteriorating domestic political situation coupled with widespread regional unrest has made for an arid start …
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Like many other industries, the global aviation sector is preparing for a future in which increasing financial and political pressureswill be brought to bear on the issue of climate change. …
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For those eager to engage in predictions as to where the events that have rocked North Africa, the Middle East and beyond will lead, it would be wise to …
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Nabih Maroun is a partner, Jihad Azour a senior executive advisor and Mazen Ramsay Najjar a principal at Booz & Company The global financial crisis may be in the rearview …
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World’s worst Internet There is no country in the world with a slower download speed than Lebanon, according to the website Speedtest.net, which carries out global broadband speed analysis. Of …
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In September 2010, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) marked its 50th anniversary, but most of the world’s leading social, economic and environmental bodies did not join …
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The Lebanese are in the unfortunate position of empathizing with Vladimir and Estragon, the aimless dramatis personae from Samuel Beckett’s legendary “Waiting for Godot,” over their own absurdist Internet tragicomedy. …
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Arab attitudes toward the World Trade Organization (WTO) are mixed: at one extreme is Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, who opened the latest Africa-European Union summit at the end of November …
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Telecom bidding concludes The Ministry of Telecommunications has announced that it has concluded the bidding round for the second installment of the ministry’s project to build Lebanon’s modern Internet infrastructure. …
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Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate who received the prize in 2001 for his work in economics. He held the post of senior vice president and chief economist at the …