Economics Oil prices fell on Friday as a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that stopped weeklong fighting in the Gaza Strip continued to hold. More from The Daily Star An…
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Economy Gold traded steady on Tuesday following its biggest one-day rise in two weeks, supported by hopes of a US solution to its fiscal problems and Middle East tension, but…
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, otherwise known as DSK, had flirted with the title of being the second most powerful man in the world after United States President Barack Obama in…
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Total net private financial inflows to the Middle East and North Africa are projected to be $12.9 billion in 2010, a decrease of 23 percent from 2009’s $16.8 billion, according…
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The impact of the global economic downturn on the Syrian economy has been “relatively limited,” according to a report released last month by the International Monetary Fund. “Overall real gross…
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It threatens to be the longest running thriller since “The Mousetrap” opened at Saint Martin’s Theater in London more than half a century ago. Negotiations between the International Monetary Fund…
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It’s been 19 years since Saddam Hussein’s army invaded Kuwait, and six years since the United States led the invasion that overthrew the dictator, but Kuwait is still demanding reparations…
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Private equity funds in the Middle East and North Africa are focusing on defensive sectors like healthcare, education and fast moving consumer goods. As the second in a series of…
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In recent years, the Lebanese banking sector has been breaking records time and time again. Within the first nine months of 2008, Lebanese banks saw an astounding $7.8 billion increase…
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In September 2006, the IMF in its Global Economic Output report projected that the US will be “the engine of global economic growth despite some uncertainty in the housing sector.”…
