1 killed as supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate trade gunfire with Beirut rivals Star Tribune | BEIRUT - Sunni supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate and Shiite rivals from the parliament speaker's political faction traded gunfire in a Beirut neighborhood Sunday. Security officials said one civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the first outbreak of violence since this...
Lebanon banking sector has low risk rating - Fitch Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: In its risk assessment of 86 banking systems in advanced and emerging economies, Fitch Ratings indicated that Lebanon's banking sector was among 25 banking systems that came in the 'low strength' category on its Banking System Indi...
Lebanon sees decline in deficit relative to revenues Daily Star Lebanon | By Regional Press Network (RPN) | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | Tamim Akiki | Regional Press Network | BEIRUT: Lebanon's fiscal performance report through the end of May showed a decline in the deficit as a percentage of revenue to 29.14...
Lebanon again plagued by power rationing amid tourist influx Daily Star Lebanon | Many areas already receiving less than 14 hours of electricity | By Osama Habib | Daily Star staff | Friday, July 03, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Lebanon is once again experiencing severe electricity rationing this summer as thousands of Lebanese...
Fitch affirms Bank Audi at 'B-' Outlook Stable Daily Star Lebanon | Friday, July 03, 2009 | - Powered by | LONDON: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lebanon-based Bank Audi S.A.L.'s (Bank Audi) ratings at Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) 'B-' with Stable Outlook, Short-term IDR 'B,' Individual 'D' and Support '5,' The Suppo...
Why China and not the Gulf and Egypt? Daily Star Lebanon | By Fadi Abboud | Friday, July 03, 2009 | - Powered by | Frst person by Fady Abboud | The front page of the Financial Times on June 24 read: "EU Lodges WTO Case in China Dispute." In light of the economic crisis, it became clear that many countries ...
Deficit spending in Lebanon still on rise Daily Star Lebanon | NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTION FOR COUNTRY'S CHRONIC PUBLIC DEBT | Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 02, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Lebanon's budget deficit continued to rise as a result of mounting government spending and amid signs that there is no imm...
Lebanons ranks third in export credit insurance Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 02, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures issued by the Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dha?man) indicate that Lebanon ranked third among 12 Arab countries in the value of overall export ...
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IMF denies reports it negotiated with Hezbollah The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund denied media reports on Wednesday that it had discussed possible loans with Lebanon's Hezbollah before parliamentary electi...
World Bank lowers Lebanon growth forecast to 2.5 percent Daily Star Lebanon | Figures for country similar to those of Egypt, Iran | Daily Star staff | Saturday, June 27, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: In its updated outlook on the global economy, the World Bank revised downward its economic growth forecast for Lebanon to 2.5 ...
Lebanon sees 28 percent rise in government revenues Daily Star Lebanon | By Regional Press Network (RPN) | Saturday, June 27, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Lebanon's fiscal performance up to the end of April showed a broad increase in the government's revenues by 28 percent to LBP 4.2 trillion or $2.8 billion in the fir...
First National Bank praises Lebanese resilience Daily Star Lebanon | By Dana Halawi | Daily Star staff | Friday, June 26, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Rami Nemer, head of the board of directors of First National Bank (FNB), praised on Thursday the performance of the Lebanese banking sector and its resilience to the...
Lebanon banking sector has low risk rating - Fitch Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: In its risk assessment of 86 banking systems in advanced and emerging economies, Fitch Ratings indicated that Lebanon's banking sector was among 25 banking systems that came in the 'low strength' category on its Banking System Indicator (BSI), as reported by Lebanon This Week, the...
