Candidate for the Beirut I electoral district Nicolas Chammas said that Lebanon needs an “jolt” to escape the economic crisis.
Lebanon’s real estate market is hurting. Even insiders admit it. “We are suffering,” says Mireille Korab Abi Nasr, head of business development at FFA Real...
With regional turmoil, the government on hold, and a drop in personal wealth and property demand, how can Lebanon recover from its real estate slump?
Business leaders and bankers are expected to submit proposals to the government Saturday to replace the new taxes, which could in their opinion inflict damage...
A new survey showed that wholesale activity in the second quarter of 2017 continued to drop due to the decline of the purchasing power of Lebanese households.
Lebanon’s private sector made a last-ditch effort Monday to repeal the tax measures designed to finance the salary scale for civil servants, public school...
President Michel Aoun is set to sign the salary scale and tax hike laws, ministerial sources said Monday, overriding opposition from the private sector, the...
The wholesale sector fell by 2.21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, according to Beirut Traders Association and...
Premier Saad Hariri said the Lebanese economy can’t handle big taxes at the moment.
Despite the election of a Lebanese president and the formation of a government, stores in Lebanon have yet to witnessed a significant improvement in sales.
Lebanon’s tourism and trade sectors started witnessing a slight improvement following the election of a president, representatives of the two sectors said.
Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Thursday the formation of a new government would attract foreign aid to Lebanon and help achieve a higher GDP growth.
After a 2-1/2-year presidential vacuum, Lebanese business leaders expressed an unusual optimism after the election of Michel Aoun as Lebanon’s 13th head of...
Resigned Economy Minister Alain Hakim called upon officials to speed up the election of a Lebanese president in a bid to save the deteriorating economy.
Companies, firms, NGOs and some news and advertising agencies are dismissing staff in growing numbers due to the sharp decline in the volume of business in...
Being “the part of a financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in shares, bonds, and other long-term investments”, capital markets constitute...
Future Movement leader Saad Hariri Wednesday blamed the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon on the failure to find solutions to the current political...
The election of a president is the key to revitalizing the country’s ailing economy, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday, in his latest plea to...
Trade activity in Lebanon dropped remarkably after the beginning of the Syrian war, prompting a large number of local companies and businesses to go out of...
Head of Beirut traders association Nicolas Chammas predicts a negative growth in 2016, noting that the retail sector is reeling under the current political...