Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has a long list of measures to stimulate the sluggish economy, combat rampant corruption and red tape as well as deal...
The tax hike introduced at the beginning of this year played a leading role in negatively affecting the consumer confidence in the first quarter of 2018,...
The unprecedented lavish spending on television talk shows hosting candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections indicates that money is one of...
Byblos Bank’s net profits in the first quarter of 2018 dropped by 3 percent to $28 million compared to the same period of 2017 due to new government taxes,...
The suspension of interest rate subsidies on housing loans in the beginning of the year caused demand for properties in the first quarter of 2018 to drop by...
“The concept of my photos,” photographer Joe Ghanem told The Daily Star, “is capturing those elderly people who are forced to work as security guards.”
Consumer confidence in the second half of 2017 improved slightly, according to the Byblos Bank/AUB Consumer Confidence Index.
A photo exhibition at the American University of Beirut is showcasing female graduates who “have competed and succeeded” in their careers, an effort...
Lebanon is hoping to raise billions of dollars at a France-led meeting Friday to stave off an economic crisis in the world’s third most indebted country.
The international ratings agency Moody’s has described Lebanon’s implementation of the Basel liquidity coverage ratio as credit positive.
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has said Lebanon’s sovereign Eurobonds are worth much more than their current prices.
Real estate developers are struggling to cope with a stagnant market in Lebanon amid a cash crunch and an uncertain future.
Demand for properties in Lebanon in 2017 surged by 13.7 percent to 47.6 points compared to 2016, but this score is still far lower than the peak achieved in...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri plans to travel to Paris in April armed with the 2018 budget and a government pledge to carry out urgent reforms in order to secure...
The corridors are dark in Lebanon’s Public Transport and Railway Administration. A few employees scroll through mobile phones in mostly empty offices lined...
Central Bank governor Riad Salameh Friday unveiled a $1 billion incentive package aimed at stimulating the Lebanese economy.
Lebanon’s four top listed banks in terms of profits, assets and deposits maintained reasonable growth in 2017 despite the delicate situation in the country, a...
Byblos Bank announced Monday that its net profits at the end of 2017 had increased by 2.91 percent on 2016 to reach $170 million.
Economy and Trade Minister Raed Khoury warned traders and merchants Wednesday against raising prices more than 1 percentage point.
Leading international investment bank Goldman Sachs said in its recent report that Lebanon’s Eurobonds are undervalued.