2007

Australians go to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister on November 24 and — if the polls are to be believed — the country’s second longest serving Prime …

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize this October to former US Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sent an unprecedented message to …

How world politics can have an impact on a local level was nicely demonstrated on October 17 in Boston, where the Somerville Human Rights Committee held a special meeting regarding …

One comes out of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC realizing how much the world economic landscape has changed over the last several years. The rise of emerging …

If you are keeping score at home, September was a bad month for the “Axis of Evil,” especially for its junior member in Damascus. In the middle of the month, …

Branding has traits of parenting. Although it takes energy, vision, and a gutsy approach to business life — and as such is no small feat — the effort of conceiving …

With the triumphant success of ABC Ashrafieh (Beirut), international consultancy JHP has reshaped ABC’s former flagship store in Dbayeh, east of Beirut, to bring Lebanese shoppers over 32,000 square meters …

As a part of its “23 new destinations in 22 months,” Kuwait-based discount carrier, Jazeera Airways will start with four flights weekly between Beirut and its second hub in Dubai …

I recently witnessed at the house of a Polish friend a card game that went on for hours and during which 20 players around the same table had to wait …

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 …