Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced Friday the creation of an independent electricity company in Tripoli in a bid to provide 24 hours of electricity...
At the entrance of the Beirut International Exhibition Center, a man and his sheep are chatting with a young fellow in uniform.
Standard & Poor’s affirmed Lebanon’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at “B-/B” and revised the outlook on the...
The Institute of International Finance revised downward its forecast for Lebanon’s real GDP growth rate in 2015 from 2.2 percent in April to 1.1 percent...
Lebanon’s balance of payments registered a deficit of $1.32 billion in the first seven months of 2015 compared to a surplus of $131 million in the same period...
Cement producer Holcim Liban sal posted unaudited net profits of $2 million in the first half of 2015, a decrease of 78.3 percent from net earnings of $9.4...
Back in 2012, Byblos Bank launched the Byblos Bank Photography Program, in an effort to support Lebanese photographers and promote photography as a standalone...
The cumulative value of outward greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) from Lebanon totaled $7.2 billion between January 2003 and May 2015, according to...
Lebanon could see its import bill decline if the euro and yuan currencies continue to depreciate due to the volatile markets, economists said Wednesday.
Consumer confidence rose modestly in the second quarter of 2015 but remained well below 2012 levels, the Byblos Bank/AUB Consumer Confidence Index released...
Byblos Bank’s board of directors announced Wednesday that that they elected François Bassil as chairman of Byblos Group, and the Semaan Bassil as chairman of...
Lebanon’s three leading banks achieved reasonable profits in the first half of 2015 thanks to cautious lending policy and good results from foreign...
Byblos Bank announced Monday that its net profit in the first six months of 2015 has risen by 1.1 percent to $70.1 million compared to the same period in 2014.
The liquidity in U.S. currencies in Lebanese banks is expected to swell once the U.S. Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, bankers said Tuesday.
Byblos Bank chairman Francois Bassil said Lebanese banks are willing to operate in Iran once the sanctions are fully lifted, adding that Iran has enormous...
The American University of Beirut announced last week that it had received a substantial cash donation for its visual arts program from Philippe Jabre.
One of the main lessons Lebanon should learn from Greece’s economic “tragedy” is that the country should avoid sinking deeper into the debt abyss and devise...
Byblos Bank chairman Francois Bassil met Friday with the ambassador of Finland, the Danish charge d’affaires and president of Jbeil Electricity Company to...
Lebanon’s B2 negative public finances will benefit from lower oil prices and higher revenues but remain vulnerable to domestic and external shocks amid...
Proposals by a group of prominent investors to finance, build and operate small power plants in different Lebanese regions are not expected to see the light...