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2,200 firms shut down in Lebanon in 2018 amid economic slowdown

BEIRUT — (Xinhua) — A representative of the Lebanese economic sector said on Sunday that about 2,200 companies have closed down in Lebanon since the start of this year because of economic slowdown. “We are on the verge of an economic breakdown,” Mohamad Choucair, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, said in […]

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on government demand, warns Israel

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah insisted that one of its Sunni allies be given a portfolio in a new Lebanese cabinet, and indicated it would be ready to go back to square one in negotiating a government if necessary. In a televised speech on Saturday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also warned […]

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#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape

By Heba Kanso BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The hashtag #ShameOnWho? is being deployed as part of a new street art campaign in Lebanon to try to change attitudes to rape in a country where victim shaming remains common. The group behind the campaign, which launched this week, said it wanted to “shake” Lebanese society out […]

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Lebanese bishops: A new government against internal wars and regional influences

Beirut (AsiaNews) –by Fady Noun —  A catastrophic picture has been painted of the internal situation in Lebanon yesterday in some passages of the final communiqué of the Assembly of the Maronite bishops at the end of their monthly meeting. The prelates, led by the Patriarch launched the alarm for an “internal war” that brings […]

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US job openings outnumber workers

More than 7 million jobs in the American economy remained vacant in September, comfortably outnumbering the roughly 6 million workers seeking employment. The number of job openings dropped slightly from the previous month’s record of 7.3 million to 7.125 million, according to the Labor Department. The number of unemployed people actively seeking jobs inched up […]

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Lebanese Minister Apologizes for Insulting Egypt

by aawsat.com — Lebanese caretaker Tourism Minister Avedis Guidanian issued on Tuesday an apology to Egypt after criticizing the country’s cleanliness and living conditions. Guidanian, in an interview published on Monday by Lebanon’s English-language Daily Star, complained that negative media reports about Lebanon were harming his country’s image and hindering tourism. “Look at Egypt – […]

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This is the most-demand job that recruiters are looking to fill, according to LinkedIn

by Rosalie Chan —thisisinsider.com — – Turns out the hottest job of 2018 could be that of a DevOps engineer. LinkedIn just released its report on the most-recruited jobs of 2018, showing that DevOps engineer was the most recruited job, followed by enterprise account executives and frontend engineers, in second and third place, respectively. This job is […]

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Beirut’s ghost apartments are haunting the economy

The ghost apartments of Beirut are haunting the economy. Permanently-drawn curtains on the city’s empty luxury high-rises and dust gathering over shuttered storefronts in the Beirut Souks mall offer a glimpse of the economic gloom gathering over one of the world’s most indebted countries. Prolonged conflict in neighboring Syria and political divisions at home have […]

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Customs duties, competition hit Lebanese hopes for quick boost from open Syria border

MASNAA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanese exporters hoping to send their goods to the lucrative Gulf market through the reopened Syrian-Jordanian border are grappling with higher Syrian customs duties and competition from producers who have taken their place. The Oct. 15 reopening of the Nassib border crossing holds out the prospect of a much-needed boost for […]

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How a Saudi royal crushed his rivals in a ‘shakedown’ at the Ritz-Carlton

This article does not necessarily represent khazen.org opinion — By Dan De Luce, Ken Dilanian and Robert Windrem  nbcnews.com –– WASHINGTON — The Ritz-Carlton in Saudi Arabia’s capital bills itself as an “elegant oasis” that “completely envelops its discerning guests in majestic surroundings.” But a year ago Sunday, on Nov. 4, 2017, the ultra-luxurious Riyadh […]

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