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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. The new financing program enables customers to own their dream car by paying less. Customers will benefit from a low do...
 Two Lebanese women pass by a poster of late Christian politician Pierre Gemayel in front of a closed bank in down town Beirut, Lebanon Friday, Nov. 24, 2006. Business leaders in Lebanon are on strike Friday to press their demand that political leaders fi
(photo: AP/Nasser Nasser)
Lebanon ranks 41st globally in outstanding external debt
Daily Star Lebanon
| Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that Lebanon’s external debt totaled $25.5 billion at the end of September 2009, ranking it in 41st place globally and in 14th place among developing c...
Nahas calls for turning Beirut into Arab broadcasters' center
Daily Star Lebanon
| Politicians, journalists slam US move to sanction TV stations | By Dana Halawi | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahas pledged on Monday to provide all the facilities requir...
Lebanese commercial banks' assets reach $115 billion at end of 2009
Daily Star Lebanon
| Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: 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, ...
AP names Nicolas Tatro New York City news editor
The Miami Herald
| NEW YORK -- Nicolas B. Tatro, the deputy international editor of The Associated Press and a veteran news leader who has directed newsgathering operations in AP bureaus across the Middle East, has been named New York City news editor. | The appointm...
Associated Press names Nick Tatro news editor for New York City
Star Tribune
| NEW YORK - Nicolas B. Tatro, the deputy international editor of The Associated Press and a veteran news leader who has directed newsgathering operations in AP bureaus across the Middle East, has been named New York City news editor. | The appointme...
US guide highlights Lebanon's favorable investment climate, warns of red tape
Daily Star Lebanon
| Country 64th largest market for american-made products | Daily Star staff | Monday, February 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The US Commerce Department’s 2009 Country Commercial Guide for Lebanon (CCG) highlighted the country’s favora...
Lebanon's 8.7 percent 2009 GDP growth highest in region
Daily Star Lebanon
| Country’s economy grows faster than China and India | Daily Star staff | Saturday, February 06, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The Institute of International Finance (IIF) revised upward its estimate for economic growth in Lebanon to 8.7 percent i...
Nahas: Telecom tax must be split from commercial aspect
Daily Star Lebanon
| Lebanese minister warns current set-up can lead to private monopoly | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Telecom Minister Charbel Nahas said Tuesday that taxes represent close to 65 percent of cellular charges ...
Lebanon ranks 41st globally in outstanding external debt
Daily Star Lebanon
| Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that Lebanon’s external debt totaled $25.5 billion at the end of September 2009, ranking it in 41st p...
Experiencing the Real Syria
Wall Street Journal
By DON DUNCAN | Corbis | The pillar of Saint Simeon Stylites outside Aleppo | Aleppo, Syria | In the past few months, the long dried-up Quweiq River that runs through Aleppo has begun to flow anew, thanks to improved relations with neighboring countr...
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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri seen, during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the presidential summer residence in Beiteddine Palace, southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
(photo: AP / Dalati Nohra)
Hariri follows up on demarcation of Syria border
Daily Star Lebanon
| Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with the committee charged of demarcating the border with Syria from the Lebanese side on Monday and with an array of local and international political figures. Hariri met with the committee in the presence of Defense Minister Elias Murr, Interio...



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