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The Age Of Innocence Has Ended For Lebanese Banks

Very good read (if you’re into this kind of stuff) from Shadi Karam on how Lebanese banks will have to change their ways in order to adapt to a less forgiving and interconnected international banking system. The future, he notes, will be more competitive and more volatile.

Mustapha Hamoui · May 11, 2011

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39 Percent

39 % Of Lebanese surveyed by the Daily Star (in an obviously unscientific online poll of 200 people) believe that Mr. Najib Mikati will never be able to form a cabinet..

Mustapha Hamoui · May 10, 2011

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Hezbollah’s Calculus

I don’t like Nicholas Noe’s blog (which reads as One thousand ways to say ‘I told you so’ ), but his latest piece in Asia Times about Hezbollah’s planning in response to Syrian events is a true must-read.

Mustapha Hamoui · May 10, 2011

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