JULY 2010

Auditing the state

Beware the black swan
The dangers of depending on growth to keep the debt at bay

Liberty on the line
Lebanon’s Parliament awakes and begins invading privacies

Flotilla fallout docks in Ankara
The complicated can of worms the Turks hath opened

Israel spins its ship storm
How the media smoothed over Israel

UNIFIL’s thin blue line
Overeager peacekeepers should keep cool for their own good

Antiquities right of return
Historical regional treasures held hostage in the West

Wanton democracy
Egypt and Jordan shun the ‘D-word’ in favor of the status quo

Bill’s American dream
Miss USA is Clinton's idea of immigration's benefits

Resistance for all the family
Hezbollah hospitality and South Lebanon’s new holiday spots

Behind the Scenes
Competitive rates keep Lebanon’s cameras rolling

Mubarak’s Pyramids
A legacy project to make the desert bloom withers in the heat

Manhood on the cheap
Plastic jambiyas pose in place of real deal

Destination Damascus
Syria’s historical wealth has caught the eye of tourists from around the world

A species sinks
Bluefin tuna have been culled to the brink of extinction

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Who owns the banks
Revealing the hands holding the real power in Lebanon

HSBC – Simon Vaughan Johnson
The “world’s local bank” looks to emerging markets for growth

Money matters bulletin

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Lebanon – No time for the past
Sandwiched between developments, Beirut's alley of history is narrowing

SWFs – Any given corner
Sovereign funds slpash out on real estate across the globe

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Public finances – Slave to a ravenous debt
Domestic banks feed the government

Bold reform – the gordian knot of prudent public finance
The gordian knot of prudent public finance

Savvy is the MENA private equity investor
Great growth potential makes MENA investments a safe bet

Credit Suisse – Adel Afiouni
Regional debt markets get a clean bill of health

Traditional airlines are caught in no man’s land
Traditional airlines are caught in no mans land by luxury and budget alternatives

Regional equity markets
An overview of June’s stock market trends

Orascom Telecom holding – Khalid Bichara
Lebanon's telecoms look set for a gentle curve of progress

Company bulletin

Europe’s anomaly
Bridging the gap between East and West, Islamist Turkey is no closer to EU integration