JUNE 2009

Orphans and the ghosts of martyrs past

A blue line dance
Lebanon & Israel spar over the border town Ghajar

The frontier of Iraqi investment
The spoils of reconstruction await the bold investor

Kuwait the unforgiving
Iraq still on the hook 19 years after Saddam's war

New tracks for the peace train
Obama deliver's impetus to a two-stare solution

A poor cull in Egypt
The less affluent are the first victims of Cairo's flu fears

The outdoors’ beauty and scars
Lebanon's lush nature awash in trash and pollution

Engaging employees for the company’s success
Engaging employees for success

Keeping one’s cool riding investment‘s reflexive roller coaster
The reflexive roller coaster

Tuning the public relations machine for crisis
Public relations in a crisis

The need for renewable energy in an oil-rich region
Renewable for the oil rich

Private equity at the gates of public markets
Private equity & public markets

Election – The ballots bought
Vote fraught with fraud, corruption and coercion

Real estate – Beirut in an eggshell
Bulldozers of development loom for one the city

Airlines – Delta landing
New office opens in Beirut

Real estate – The house made of brick
Despite the huffing and puffing, Lebanon's prices won't blow down

Automotives – Sales in the passing lane
Country's car market accelerates to pole position in the region

Chrysler Car Group – Cesar Aoun (Q&A)
How Lebanon's car industry is fairing in the global financial crisis

Franchising – First Beirut, then the world
Lebanese brands band together to expand global reach

Investment – Business building blocks
Lebanese fund pushes entrepreneurship among SMEs

Acres Development – Georges Kamal (Q&A)
A string of new shopping malls opening around Lebanon

Rest & recreation – Clubs find summer’s groove
Still recovering from 2006 war, beach resorts prepare for party season

The first step in progress
YAL forum highlights need to transition from identifying problems to applying solutions

Elwy Taymour- Q&A
Chairman of Egypt YAL branch & managing partner at Pharos Holding

Salah A.H. al-Qahtani- Q&A
An insighful perspective from the chairman of YAL in Saudi Arabia

Banks hold the fort
As fortunes dim across the economy, the banking sector carries the torch

The Oriental assembly
Middle East’s rich and powerful gather to discuss the issues of the day

A roof over every head
Low-to-middle income housing needs prompt public-private partnerships

TV in the Arab world
Stations flourish while quality and rigor flounder

Craters in the classroom
Region’s deficient learning institutions dearly in need reform

The traveler’s new darling
Smitten by Syria’s charms, tourists flock from east and west

The fires untended
Ankara absent in a economic crisis

Realty approaches reality
Price corrections a healthy development for young market

Borne by budget wings
New low-cost carriers launch from runways in Kuwait and Dubai

Paying through the nose
The potential costs of a worldwide pandemic

Icarus’ airline deal
Air Senegal International partnership crashes and burns

Financing friendship
New facility formed to provide capital for region’s infrastructure

Bank kings
Economy’s lenders still solid

Strengthening connections
The internet’s web in need of a stronger weave

Constructing stimulus
Infrastructure boosts the economy

IWC – Georges Kern (Q&A)
The CEO has an Executive chat about watch making in a time of crisis

Lebanon – Insulated, not impervious
Banks' record profits during global financial crisis becoming more modest

Banking Analysis – A look at the books
Banks listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange, by their numbers

Q&As Lebanon's banking big boys
The insider' perspective

Money Matters by BLOMINVEST Bank

Company bulletin

America’s debate
Realist vs idealist arguments