Growing a Lebanese enterprise in the Middle East is fraught with risk and uncertainty but can sometimes reap huge profits. The company which embodies both the latter and the former…
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Sitting in his office in Sursock tower with a jersey of Barcelona club footballer Lionel Messi hanging on the wall, Hani Haddad, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spirit, does…
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Last month new banking scandals came to the forefront. JP Morgan announced first-half trading losses of $5.8 billion amidst intensifying fraud investigations, while Barclays was engulfed in a rigging scandal…
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In one of the more unexpected twists of the Egyptian migration to a fairer economy, collaboration of commercial and state interests in public-private partnerships (PPPs) could resurface before the end…
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Several countries at the heart of the 2011 Arab uprisings have held parliamentary or presidential elections. While it seems more than fair that it should now be the Arab world’s…
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Arab states have failed to successfully translate their material wealth into human welfare, according to a new study by the United Nations (UN). Were it a school report card it…
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The story of Arab telecommunications is rife with great achievements, rapid changes, sudden setbacks, and yet-to-be-realized potential. New technology, infrastructure and mass uptake have allowed the region’s information communications technology…
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The image of a typical state-owned enterprise (SOE) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is something akin to an elephant: cumbersome to maneuver and slow to adapt. This…
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The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank offer a relatively informal atmosphere for finance ministers, central bank governors and private sector executives to discuss the…
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Envisioning the start of 2012, investors across the Middle East probably could not have conceived of a more nightmarish scenario if they tried. The European debt crisis, Arab revolutions and…