With monster-sized bank offerings and strong growth in primary markets activity, the global landscape of initial public offerings made a strong showing in the first seven months of 2010. However, …
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Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have helped many countries in the Middle East modernize their highways, upgrade their communications infrastructure and build new power plants. But such partnership models have proven less …
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Inking free trade Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey came to an agreement June 10 to allow the free flow of goods between the four nations. Under the deal a “Cooperation …
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Two trends in the Middle East airline industry have dominated headlines in the last decade. The first is the launch of premium carriers — such as Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, …
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On the whole, the Middle East seems to have been quite resilient to the global financial crisis thus far. Both the energy commodities exporters and the countries that do not …
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Using the world’s de-facto barometer of investment danger, credit default swaps (CDS), many fast growing Middle Eastern and North African economies including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Qatar …
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Credit Suisse held its first Middle East and North Africa Equities Conference in Beirut this month, bringing together more than 40 corporates from around the region. Executive sat with Adel …
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Lebanon’s outstanding debt reached $51.5 billion at the end of the first quarter, while this year’s budget — if endorsed by Parliament — has slated $4.3 billion for debt …
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Beirut SE Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 815.53 > Review period: Closed: May 21 – 1,102.47 Period change: -0.62% Good macroeconomic expectations and encouraging numbers on commercial …
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Beirut bourse booms after bank stock sale Total trading volumes at the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) reached 102.1 million shares in the first quarter, up 66 percent on the same …