Special Report

In the foreseeable future, the cost of banking security is set to rise. A bewildering number of legal and regulatory initiatives are almost certain to drive costs higher for banks …

It’s not often that Executive speaks with Lebanon’s Beta Banks, but their unique operating conditions can give them varied insight into Lebanon’s banking future. This month we spoke with Tarek …

Akl el-Helou’s farm has grown beyond his wildest expectations. Just outside of Jbeil in Hosrayel, it is a far cry from how it looked in 1989 when it was ravaged …

Out of the 14 private banks doing business in Syria, Lebanese banks comprise a third, with five helping to spearhead the establishment of this sector over the past decade. Those …

Since the end of the civil war, Lebanon has developed a relationship between its economy and banking sector that resembles an old beat-up truck carrying a heavy load on a …

Founder of BREI sarl Karim Bassil has been stirring up some heated debates in real estate. His Beirut Convivium series, which features seven developments and 14 buildings, deflates many of …

Take the many woes afflicting Lebanon — electricity blackouts, traffic congestion, lack of parking, pollution, water shortages and overflowing sewers — and now amplify them; this is the scenario facing …

Beirut’s architectural heritage is disappearing at an alarming rate due to skyrocketing land prices, shortsighted zoning, a lack of urban planning, a limited availability of empty plots and a dearth …

Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that the ad industry has endured a lot of finger-pointing but not enough autopsy; a tendency for mudslinging instead of progress through …

Samir Homsi, president of the Automobile Importers Association, the industry representative of car dealerships in Lebanon, recently sat down with Executive to discuss possible alternatives to conventional gas-fueled vehicles. What …