OCTOBER 2013

A crude state of affairs

Routes out of crisis
How the Lebanese logistics sector is handling – sometimes thriving from – trouble in Syria

Racing down the virtual aisles
New online portals may help boost Lebanon’s e-commerce

Doctors go digital
Online medical consultations launch in lebanon

Dripping away
How political bickering is endangering Lebanon’s oil and gas future

A looming shadow
Serious concerns over transparency in Lebanon’s oil and gas process

Educating the oil and gas generation
How universities are preparing to train Lebanon’s oil sector

‘We are being open and transparent’
Lebanon’s caretaker energy minister Gebran Bassil answers oil and gas critics

‘Oil and gas could make Lebanon worse’
Without good management, corruption will increase, leading expert warns

Industry’s surprising success
Lebanese industrialists have endured a tough time of late but other sectors have it worse

Lebanese industry’s coping strategies
Innovative Lebanese industrialists are showing that adaptation strategies are as varied as ever

Neemat Frem: ‘Lebanon’s first industrial park is nearly ready’
President of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and CEO of INDEVCO Group

‘Industrialists have given up on the government’ – Sarraf
Chairman of Malia Group and former head of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists

Engineering exclusivity
The Arab supercar gets ready to launch

Understanding Lebanon’s first online tax payment gateway
Credit Libanais’ Alain Hakim explains the system

Making the most of a bad market
How to buck the trend in real estate

Cultivating a fortune
Lebanese agricultural traders GLB move into alfalfa production in Sudan

Creative endeavour
Lebanon’s art galleries adapting to compete with Gulf’s financial muscle

An ode to civil turmoil
Archiving Syria's most painful era

Behind Lebanon’s newest film
The making of Ghadi – a tale of a Lebanese boy with Down syndrome

The necessity of decadence
Hard times haven’t stopped the rise of the new 5-star Lancaster Plaza hotel

A classy indulgence
Gilt, Lebanon’s freshest restaurant and bar, caters for a sophisticated crowd

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A date with the great Satan
US and Iran take tentative steps towards new relations