Financial wherewithal was not a quality Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran naturally inherited; his father was a gambling addict who was imprisoned for embezzlement. But given his penchant for priceless wisdom,…
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International Finance
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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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It is easy to be pessimistic. Especially when the president of the United States, the supposed beacon of prosperity in the world, concedes that “this sucker could go down.” The…
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In order to meet clients’ demands to trade shares of companies anywhere, at a faster pace, across different asset classes and for less money, stock markets around the world are…
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Lebanese banks have increased their capital significantly over the last decade, as consolidated equity moved from less than $500 million in the early 1990s to slightly more than $6 billion…
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The stock market’s upward move this year has humbled many analysts and perplexed even the most optimistic financial experts. Take the all-tech/all-emotions Nasdaq as an example: it’s up a mind-boggling…
