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JUNE 2013

by reeda

JUNE 2013

 

EDITORIAL





COMMENT



Hezbollah’s shifting battlefield
Resistance adjusts its rhetoric as Syria involvement intensifies






Tied fortunes
Lebanon’s economic recovery is rooted in Syria’s reconstruction






Result through resolve
Nazareth battles obstruction to become education and entrepreneurship hub






The Far East comes near
China dips its toe in the Middle East’s troubled waters






Dolma at every meal
Presidential candidates reluctant to condemn handouts before election




SPECIAL REPORT: MICROFINANCE



Making the best of a bottom dollar
Socially conscious services from local microlenders






Lending hope
The benefits of microfinance






Every little bit helps
Lebanon’s poorest are missing out on savings and insurance




SPECIAL REPORT: BANKING



Banks fleeing the storm
Lebanon’s banks chase profits away from troubled homeland






Growing pains
Stability needed to curb debt






Credit crunched
Banks contracts their lending muscle






New banks on the block
Four financial institutions debut in Lebanon






Paper or plastic
Cash still overshadows credit cards in Lebanon






Bank to the future
Innovation needed to grow e-banking in Lebanon






A weighty responsibility
Banking executives must keep cyber networks safe






The art of banking
Where high finance meetings high culture






Raymond Audi
On Bank Audi’s chairman love affair with art




BANKING & FINANCE



Investment ideas
Regional experts weigh in on the markets




SPECIAL REPORT: INSURANCE



Dead in the water
Lebanon’s insurers beset by limp economy






A thankless task
Insurers’ dearly image makes finding talent tough






Covering the net
Insurance boosts online security






Playing by the rules
Arabia benefits from an orderly house




ECONOMICS & POLICY



Uneasy bedfellows
Banks losing interest in a profligate governments






The hard sell
Industrialists face uphill battle to get bankers’ support






Cut the factory fat
Lean manufacturing the key to optimum company output






Profits for the public
Private equity can cure an ailing sector


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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT



Invested development
Banks bend BDL regulations to cash in on real estate




COMPANIES & STRATEGIES



The Kings of Clubs
Add mind finds the pulse of the party




HOSPITALITY & RETAIL



An empire on hold
Phoenicia Hotel suspends its plans to deal with difficult times






Carsten Schaeffer
Germany’s national airline maintains a youthful outlook




BUSINESS ESSENTIALS





LAST WORD



Cough it up, Lebanon
Tobacco taxation can reduce consumption and contraband