What is it about watches that drive people to distraction? Why can something whose function is purely to tell us the time be the object of such obsession and devotion? …
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Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport (RHIA) is still reeling from last year’s war between Israel and Hizbullah, with passenger numbers down and some $19 million needed for a second radar …
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President Bouteflika’s 2005 Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation closed a chapter of Algeria’s tumultuous past and focused instead on solid economic development program and reforms. This has been dovetailed …
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What is your brand’s overall strategy for the Middle East? Our strategy is to be the leading luxury passenger car and SUV brand in the Middle East and Levant. How …
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Lebanese companies are taking Jordan by storm, hoping to reap some of the fruits of the country’s recent economic growth. Lebanese fashion outlets — Aishti, ABC, GS, K-Lynn, Mario Bruni …
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The adage is old but it only underscores the importance of the matter: Home acquisition and finance is for most people the largest single personal purchase transaction in their life, …
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With high oil prices pumping fairy-tale-like sums of money into the coffers of the oil producers, the private equity wave is sweeping the region, with more and more capital looking …
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With the rapidly growing economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) requiring greater levels of investment, an increasing number of private equity firms are appearing in the region. …
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Bubbly can be tasty. Bubbly stock markets are less so as those who have been caught in the implosion phase of market bubbles are known to share. The problem with …
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The Palestinian businessman Naim Attallah has just published Fulfillment & Betrayal 1975-1995, the third installment of his autobiography. His first two offerings The Boy in England and In Touch with …