Qatar and Japan to boost private sector cooperation
The private sectors in both Qatar and Japan will further bolster the already deep-rooted economic and trade cooperation currently being...
Finance
$1bn UK financing for Iraqi electricity
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced it will support UK firms with US $1.02 billion to build two new power...
Saudi Arabia hopes to lure investments
Saudi Arabia Monday launched an ambitious program which it hopes will attract $427 billion in investments in the industrial and...
Qatar announces QR4bn pilot PPP Program
Qatar unveiled a major Public-Private Partnership (PPP) pilot project before potential investors yesterday, involving the construction of 45 schools in...
For 2019, Iraq MPs approve largest-ever budget
Iraqi lawmakers Thursday approved the government’s 2019 budget, which at $111.8 billion is one of the largest ever for the...
Qatar to buy $500 million of Lebanese government bonds
Qatar’s foreign minister announced Monday that his country intends to buy $500 million of Lebanese government bonds, according to a...
IFC ready to invest $1bn in Lebanon a year
The International Finance Corporation is willing to provide Lebanon with $1 billion in investments and soft loans each year if...
Beirut declaration hails Qatar’s $50mn contribution
The Beirut declaration of the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit expressed appreciation to the directives of Amir HH Sheikh...
Dollarization rose to 70 percent in 2018: Salameh
Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh said Wednesday that the bank aims to keep the exchange rate of the Lebanese pound...
Lebanon’s dollar deposits up slightly in 2018: Salameh
Dollar accounts in Lebanon represented 70 percent of total customer deposits in 2018, Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh said Wednesday,...
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