What’s So Special About These Maku Sandals?

A group of three Lebanese have apparently come up with the most comfortable sandals ever with an unmatched quality and versatility. They call them Maku and they are already off to a great start on Kick-starter whereas they met their $20K goal within 5 hours and are almost at $80k now. David, Hanane and William have been working for 5 years and done 37 iterations to meticulously design the Maku Sandals and their aim is…

My Ogero DSL Internet Stopped Working Two Weeks Ago

Photo Credits: Executive Magazine Two weeks ago, my home internet stopped working, the internet button on the Ogero DSL modem turned red, I tried restarting the modem, turning it off and on, I checked all the cables, everything was fine, the phone line was still working but the damn button wasn't turning green anymore. I called Ogero the second day to submit a complaint and they sent a technician two days later to check what…
Beirut

Beirut Third Most Expensive City To Live in The Region, After Dubai & Abu Dhabi

8 years ago
The Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey 2016 is out and Dubai topped MENA Cities as the most expensive location for employees working abroad. Beirut ranked as the third most expensive city regionally and the 50th ...
Business

Four Lebanese Banks Among Forbes’ Top 100 Arab Companies Of 2016

8 years ago
The 2016 Forbes list of the Top 100 Arab Companies 2016 is out and four Lebanese banks made the list. To rank the top 100, Forbes started with 1,316 publicly-traded companies from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, ...
Business

Brazilian Company Building The Janna Dam Involved In a Massive Corruption Scandal

8 years ago
While the first phase of the Janna dam construction was handled by a local firm, the second phase which should have started in 2014, consists of the construction of a dam that will enable the ...
Business

Not All Prepaid Cards Will Be Banned in Lebanon

8 years ago
The Central Bank (BDL) has decided last week to prohibit banks and institutions from issuing or selling prepaid cards, as part of its campaign against money laundering. “BDL gave the concerned parties till Sept. 30, ...
Business

#PanamaPapers: Biggest Leak In History On Corruption & No Lebanese Listed .. Yet

8 years ago
If you haven’t been following up on the #PanamaPapers leak then you are missing out on what could possibly be the biggest-ever leak of secret information. Almost 11.5m documents, 2.6 terabytes of information related to ...
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13 Lebanese Among The 100 Most Influential Young Arabs in The World

8 years ago
Arabian Business revealed its 2016 list of the most influential young Arabs in the world. The annual ranking reveals the 100 Arabs aged under 40 who are making a significant difference in the world, within ...
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A Garbage Love Story

8 years ago
This is not your everyday love story. Ziad Abi Chaker is a multi-disciplinary engineer who specializes in building Municipal Recycling Facilities. If the authorities had listened to his Tedx talk back in 2011 or supported ...
Business

How EDZ Brought 24/7 Electricity To Zahle? Full Story + Exclusive Pictures

8 years ago
How did EDZ (Electricite de Zahle) manage to provide Zahle residents with 24/7 electricity? How were they able to defeat the generator gangs? Where does the EDL stand from the EDZ initiative? Why can’t we ...
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