BEIRUT – Lebanon said on Wednesday it could have access to $900 million should the International Monetary Fund’s proposed $650 billion expansion of its emergency reserves go through. The new …
Lebanon says it could get $900mln from expansion of IMF reserves
BEIRUT – Lebanon said on Wednesday it could have access to $900 million should the International Monetary Fund’s proposed $650 billion expansion of its emergency reserves go through. The new …
Economic crisis, severe shortages make Lebanon ‘unlivable’
He worries what would happen if his children got really sick. Once among the best in the region, Lebanon’s hospitals are struggling amid the country’s economic and financial crisis that has led to …
Building a Better Lebanon
Lebanon is reeling from a compound balance-sheet crisis that the World Bank has described as the country’s worst since the 1850s. This once-in-a-century disaster was precipitate …
Lebanon’s currency plunge is ‘the biggest financial crash in history,’ says former minister
As Lebanon’s currency hits new lows, Nasser Saidi, founder and president of Nasser Saidi & Associates, and former Lebanese minister of economy and industry, discusses why the country’s financial …
Animals starve in Lebanon’s zoos as economy crumbles
Thin and frail, the two big cats scarcely moved as they lay on the concrete floor of their cage while, nearby, an emaciated Syrian brown bear anxiously paced his enclosure.
Citi Appoints Ghassan Salem As The New Country Officer For Citi Lebanon
Citi today announced the appointment of Ghassan Salem as the Chief Country Officer (CCO) for Citi Lebanon. In this role, Salem will drive Citi’s businesss in Lebanon and will report to Elissar Farah …
Citi appoints Salem as the new Country Officer for Citi Lebanon
Citi has announced the appointment of Ghassan Salem as the Chief Country Officer (CCO) for Citi Lebanon. In this role, Salem will drive Citi’s businesss in Lebanon and will report to Elissar Farah …
American father and son apologise to Japan for helping Carlos Ghosn escape
Michael Taylor, the 60-year-old former US Green Beret, has apologised to Japan for orchestrating Carlos Ghosn’s elaborate escape to Lebanon, saying he acted out of sympathy for the former Nissan chair …
Lebanon’s economic collapse bites hard in neglected north
Taha Riz has worked just three days in more than a month at his Tripoli bakery, in Lebanon’s neglected north where economic meltdown has hit hardest and plunged thousands like him into precarious …