Money Matters

In the second half of 2000, big-name US industries listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are releasing this year’s second-quarter earnings. In Lebanon, cement industries that have …

Rasamny-Younis Motor Company(Rymco) is still holding on to thenumber one position in car sales inthe local market with a 14.4% share so farthis year. That’s good news for the only …

Economic focus United States • The economy’s performance is shifting from truly spectacular tomerely good. Mounting evidence points to a slowdown in growth.The latest sign was declining retail sales figures …

Arab countries have relativelylarge pension and social securityfunds by the standards of developingcountries. However, they lag behindin terms of the efficiency with which theyutilize the long-term financial resourcesthey mobilize. In …

MOROCCO The Casablanca Stock Exchange was almost unchangedin thin trading marked by narrow movementsin blue-chip stocks. The market continues to lack directionin the absence of concrete steps to attract dwindlinglocal …

The government demonstrated its creativeinclinations, or that its feet arenot entirely on the ground, when itlaunched five-year interest-free T-billsgeared towards the Lebanese expatriatecommunity. What an altruistic lot thoseemigrants must be. …

Isn’t turning a good profit on sales thewhole essence of business? Al-Fajrinsurance company, which has a capitalof more than $2.3 million, appears tomarch to a different beat. Last year itranked …

On May 16 the Federal Reserve continued itssearch and destroy mission to stamp out potentialinflation threats and bring the US economicgrowth rate down to safe levels. But the Fed did …

• Some signs of moderation are evident in recent economic data, andinflation remains virtually absent. That’s unlikely to stay the FederalReserve’s hand, however. Policymakers are concerned about theunderlying strength of …