Labor Minister Botrous Harb said Monday that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) should distance itself from political wrangling in order to turn this fund into an efficient entity that provides full services to all Lebanese.Speaking at a press conference to announce a two-day workshop on social security on the 11th and 12th of this month

The consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks operating in Lebanon shows that total assets reached $115.2 billion at the end of 2009, up 22.3 percent from the end of 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. Private sector deposits totaled $95.8 billion, up 23.1 percent from the end of 2008

Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahas pledged on Monday to provide all the facilities required to make Lebanon and especially Beirut a city center for all broadcasters' studios which have the capacity of providing the best technologies and most modern techniques."Lebanon will make every effort in order to transform Beirut to an open city for broadcasters