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Why is it that we Lebanese fall into the same trap every time our instincts take control? Since 2005 and the outrageous assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, we …

In late January I was asked to look into the closure of the Daily Star, Lebanon’s only English language daily. But discussions to financially prop up the paper were going …

The very high cost of rebuilding Gaza and other regional disasters is on people’s minds in the Middle East and beyond. Whether we are talking about the havoc wreaked by …

Now that the initial euphoria behind President Barack Obama’s Middle East peace initiative is settling into the reality of the region’s intransigence, a different picture is beginning to emerge, and …

How a country is perceived on the world stage by its own people or by other nations is crucial to its survival and success in the new globalized model. Nation …

Knowing that Dubai’s Palm islands have dominated real estate headlines for the last couple of years, developer Noor International Holding has directed its attention to Lebanon with its newly announced …

  During the first quarter of 2009, Lebanon braced itself for a steep fall in remittances. The logic held that the global financial crisis would severely affect remittance inflows from …

While some experts believe this year will not be different than the last for Lebanon’s banking sector, others are not so sure. Most agree, however, that conservative policies set by …

As commercial banks in Lebanon reported an astonishing 9- month growth of 44 percent in 2008 and customer deposits increased by $7.5 billion in the first 10 months, it looked …

There is no doubt that the sheer scale and global consequences of the financial crisis are staggering. The financial meltdown translated into a deep economic recession that reached the US, …