A new proposal to fund public sector salary increases would raise taxes on luxury goods, Internet and phone services, bank deposits, and other...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Real estate giant Solidere has been experiencing a three-year decline in profits which raised the ire of small shareholders in the company. Al-Akhbar...
Thursday, August 2, 2012
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A 1992 Lebanese law regulating the lease of the country’s publicly owned coastline severely underestimates the value of such properties when setting...
Monday, July 2, 2012
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At the Joseph Khoury Marina in Dbayeh, a sunken pit lined with reddish dirt was transformed into a temporary site of celebration this past Thursday...
Saturday, June 9, 2012
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The idea of building the Beirut Convention Center started circulating in 1993. Two decades and US$10 million later, the idea resurfaces from scratch.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Poor Lebanese Minister of Labor Charbel Nahas. He thought he could mend the country’s economic system just a little bit.
Alone, he fights on behalf...
Friday, December 9, 2011
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The Syrian regime’s bid to showcase Damascus as a capital of modern architecture is facing serious hurdles after one of its gem projects appears to...
Saturday, December 3, 2011
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Lebanon’s Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi has allegedly inserted a clause into next year’s budget that would shield real estate moguls from the full...
Friday, October 14, 2011
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Lebanese families are increasingly opting to live in ‘non-hostile’ residential areas. Mixed-sect neighborhoods are undesirable, while ‘pure’...
Monday, September 5, 2011
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