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Lebanon's 2010 growth could hit 8 percent - Finance Ministry
Daily Star Lebanon
| Hassan: Government to go ahead with privatization plans | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | - Powered by | Yara Bayoumy | Reuters | BEIRUT: Lebanon could raise its economic growth forecast for 2010 to as high as 8 percent if structural reforms and long-stalled privatization plans are implemented, Financ...
Baalbek, Lebanon - entrance into the Bacchus Temple
(photo: Creative Commons / Heretiq)
Lebanon posts highest growth rate in 2009 tourist arrivals
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Preliminary figures issued by the UN World Tourism Organization indicate that Lebanon posted the highest growth rate in tourist arrivals in the world during 2009 with a 39 percent increase from the previous year, as reported by...
Lebanon has 11th widest spread in emerging markets on Credit Default Swaps
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The spread on five-year Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for Lebanon reached 257 basis points at the end of February, compared to spreads of 270 bps for emerging markets and to 234 bp...
$6 billion potential if water sector better managed - Salameh
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The spending of Lebanese citizens on water constitutes 1 percent of the national income, equivalent to $306 million, and has the ability to increase with the growth in GDP, said...
Qatar eclipses UAE for biggest salaries in region, latest Bayt.com and YouGov Siraj study reveals
Daily Star Lebanon
| Only 5 percent of professionals in Lebanon highly satisfied with their renumeration | By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Salary satisfaction has fallen across the Middle East by two percentage points, with only 5...
Hassan mulls options to manage deficit
Daily Star Lebanon
| Source says Finance Minister has not yet included new taxes in 2010 draft budget | By Osama Habib | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Unconfirmed reports that the Finance Ministry intends to raise the Value Added T...
Lebanon ranks 82nd globally on ICT Development Index
Daily Star Lebanon
| Country in 9th place among 19 Arab countries measured | By The Daily Star | Monday, March 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The International Telecommunication Union’s 2010 Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Development Index in...
Harb calls for new education policy to train Arab labor force
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Monday, March 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Labor Minister Boutros Harb called for a new education policy in the Arab world to combat unemployment in the region. | Harb, who was speaking at an Arab Labor Conference in Manama...
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Toledo Blade
Summaries of recently reviewed area restaurants, in the order in which they were reviewed, with the most recent at the top. | •Skillet Delights Cafe, 1007 South McCord Rd., H...
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Rymco launches 'lease-to-own' scheme in Lebanon
Daily Star Lebanon
| Daily Star staff | Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company SAL. today launched the first “lease-to-own” program in Lebanon....
Moody’s projects Mideast economic growth in 2010
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Friday, March 05, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Moody’s Investor Service issued a report named “Middle East Sovereign Outlook: 2010” in which it noted that 2010 would be a year of economic recovery for the Midd...
Minister determined to overhaul Lebanese agricultural sector
Daily Star Lebanon
| Hassan eager to boost production, tap new markets | By The Daily Star | Thursday, March 04, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Agriculture Minister Hussein al-Hajj Hassan voiced support Wednesday for exports, reserving the Export Plus program, and calli...
Lebanon's 2010 growth could hit 8 percent - Finance Ministry
Daily Star Lebanon
| Hassan: Government to go ahead with privatization plans | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | - Powered by | Yara Bayoumy | Reuters | BEIRUT: Lebanon could raise its economic growth forecast for 2010 to as high as 8 percent if structural reforms and long-s...
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Baalbek, Lebanon - entrance into the Bacchus Temple
(photo: Creative Commons / Heretiq)
Lebanon posts highest growth rate in 2009 tourist arrivals
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Preliminary figures issued by the UN World Tourism Organization indicate that Lebanon posted the highest growth rate in tourist arrivals in the world during 2009 with a 39 percent increase from the previous year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of th...



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