FEBRUARY 2014
EDITORIAL
LEADERS
Time for a government
Free Patriotic Movement must stop putting themselves ahead of the country
Executive Editors
A frontal assault?
Impact of Saudi investment in the army could be mitigated by conditions
Executive Editors
Corporate responsibility is everyone’s duty
Fair dialogue is needed between politicians, corporations and employees
Executive Editors
COVER STORY
Investment banking: Small sector in search of big deals
Beirut’s investment banking sector struggling for significance
Livia Murray
ECONOMICS & POLICY
What does $3 billion buy these days?
Strings attached to Saudi Arabia’s grant to Lebanon’s army
Joe Dyke
BANKING & FINANCE
Private equity 2014: Room for optimism?
Investors begin to see the stability in the region
Imad Ghandour
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
A wellspring of form and function
BLAK & CO brings fresh ideas into everyday interiors
Nathalie Rosa Bucher
COMPANIES & STRATEGIES
HOSPITALITY & RETAIL
Tarred and feathered
On the right side of the law but against public opinion, non-smokers speak out
Jasmina Najjar
BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
LAST WORD
Uncoiling Iran
Loosening sanctions could lead to greater growth, wealth and influence for the Islamic Republic
Gareth Smyth