BEIRUT: Lebanon’s gas potential off the coast is on par with the discovery of the commodity in Cyprus, Egypt and Israel, a source close to the Petroleum...
BEIRUT: A shareholding company in the defunct Lebanese-Canadian Bank is suing Deloitte & Touche’s Middle East operation and its managing partner...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese are destined to endure constant power outages and erratic electricity supplies despite the endless promises of successive energy...
Editor’s note: The Daily Star interviewed the General Manager and Chairman of Byblos Bank Semaan Bassil on the performance of the bank and the future plans of...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is expected to offer all of its 10 offshore blocks for bidding international oil companies following an agreement between two main political...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam will not have any difficulty in persuading Cabinet ministers to approve two decrees on offshore gas exploration, a Future...
BEIRUT: Lebanon may pass two decrees on offshore exploration in one month after all hurdles have been removed, a source familiar with oil exploration said...
BEIRUT: A new technical and geological report showing common offshore gas reserves between Lebanon and Israel is set to speed up the government to place the...
BEIRUT: The bank accounts of a hospital and a social welfare group that were closed for suspected links with Hezbollah have been reopened after Central Bank...
BEIRUT: The bomb attack on one of Lebanon’s leading lenders neither caused panic in the market nor did it prompt people to buy more dollars. In fact, it...
BEIRUT: Most social and medical institutions under Hezbollah’s control are paying their staff in cash to avoid closure of accounts by Lebanese...
BEIRUT: HSBC Lebanon is still holding talks with its staff before deciding on which Lebanese bank will acquire its retail operations in the country, the...
BEIRUT: As a senior U.S. official discusses the implications of American law targeting Hezbollah’s finances with Lebanese officials, the Special...
BEIRUT: The Central Bank is expected to issue a new circular very soon to clarify the ambiguity surrounding the U.S law against Hezbollah’s finances that...
BEIRUT: All eyes are focused on Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh as the debate over the controversial U.S. law targeting Hezbollah’s finances takes...
BEIRUT: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh warned Tuesday that failing to comply with U.S. law targeting Hezbollah’s finances could isolate Lebanese...
BEIRUT: A leading CNN anchor and expert in emerging markets believes that the U.S. Treasury will probably lift sanctions on Iran in a couple of years and this...
BEIRUT: Lebanese executives based overseas are facing increasingly stringent scrutiny over international bank transfers as Washington adds more rules to...
BEIRUT: The severe economic slowdown and the fierce competition from the sprawling malls have dealt a blow to most stores and businesses across Lebanon, heads...
BEIRUT: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh called on Lebanese banks to freeze the bank accounts of all the individuals listed by the U.S. Treasury for alleged...
BEIRUT: Washington wants Lebanon and other countries to prohibit Hezbollah from dealing with all international currencies and not only the dollar, a banker...
BEIRUT: The Central Bank has banned the issuance and use of prepaid cards in Lebanon in a move to tighten anti-money laundering and terrorism-funding...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday urged the Parliament to pass a crucial bill to combat abject poverty in Lebanon, stressing that there is...
BEIRUT: Exiting the real estate market in Lebanon with minimum losses is proving to be a very difficult task for Arab Gulf nationals who were aspiring to make...
BEIRUT: Byblos Bank has initially acquired Banque Pharaon and Chiha for around $91 million, a move expected to further consolidate the bank’s share in...