Posted By
Najib
Feb 08, 2016 12:04
How did EDZ 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 replicate the EDZ model all over Lebanon? I've been asking myself these questions for quite some time and I'm sure a lot of you would love to know how EDZ managed to do the impossible in a country ruled by corruption and incompetence.…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 10, 2015 09:50
Business owners and top managers in 561 firms were interviewed from April 2013 through September 2014 and the top three obstacles for Lebanese companies willing to grow were identified as Political Instability, Electricity and Corruption. In terms of corruption, 1/3 of Lebanon's firms had requests for bribes, and 40% of them stated they were expected to give gifts to get a construction permit for example. Bribery incidence : 30.2 in Lebanon vs 27.2 in all…
Business
10 years ago
Someone crunched the numbers from Forbes’ 2015 billionaire list and came up with a a list of the most billionaire-dense countries. Lebanon made the list with 7 billionaires for a population of 4,104,000, which equals ...
Business
10 years ago
We all know by now that Lebanon’s oil and gas reserves off its coast might be the richest and best in the Mediterranean, and a lot of Lebanese are thrilled about this discovery and already ...
Business
10 years ago
Arabian Business published the 100 most powerful Arabs under 40 list which included 16 Lebanese. The top ranked was Iqbal Al Asaad who’s a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, followed by Amal Clooney, Maher Zain, Rani ...
Business
10 years ago
Health Minister Wael Abu Faour announced that indoor smoking ban will be enforced, and that the ministry will be raiding restaurants and other enclosed public places to make sure the law is being implemented. The ...
Business
10 years ago
via NowLebanon As you all know, relations between Israel and Lebanon are governed by two laws, the 1943 Lebanese Criminal Code and the 1955 Lebanese Anti-Israeli Boycott Law which forbids any interaction with nationals of ...
Business
11 years ago
Joseph Safra is presumably the richest banker in the world and is the top ranked Lebanese in the world’s richest Arabs list. The Safra Group bought the Gherkin for a bit over 1 Billion Dollars. ...
Business
11 years ago
Rami Khawandi, the founder of the Tari2ak app which I posted about few weeks back made the list Executive Magazine revised their methodology for this year and compiled 20 of the hottest entrepreneurial enterprises in ...
Beirut
11 years ago
Source According to Savills, Candy & Candy, and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, Beirut is the top city for real estate investors over the next few years. Honestly, it’s very surprising to read that real ...
