News Lebanon Business: Lebanon's financial recovery will rest on security and political reforms, economy minister says
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's moves to remove weapons from all non-state groups and assert full state control are as important as financial reforms if the economy is to recover after years of crisis, the economy minister said Thursday.
News Lebanon Business: Cash-strapped Lebanon finds itself sitting on a gold mine, as precious metal prices surge
Tiny Lebanon sits on one of the largest gold reserves in the Middle East and its government is weighing whether to use that stockpile to restore a crippled economy while its citizens are looking at gold as a way to revive their battered finances
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon receives Interpol red notice for c.bank governor - minister
Lebanon has received an Interpol notice issued for its central bank governor Riad Salameh, the country's caretaker interior minister Bassam Mawlawi told Reuters on Friday, saying he would implement it if the judiciary instructed him to do so.
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon bathing suit row triggers women-led beach protest
Lebanese activists protested Sunday at a beach in the coastal city of Sidon after a woman said she was harassed there over her allegedly indecent bathing suit, an AFP correspondent said.Defying a municipality ban on their demonstration, dozens of protesters, mostly women, gathered briefly in the Sunni Muslim-majority conservative city, the correspondent said."We have all come to support women's right to be in public spaces, whether in a bikini or a burkini," said Diana Moukalled, a journalist and women's rights activist.
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon's Hezbollah carries out mock cross-border raids into Israel
Lebanon's Hezbollah movement simulated cross-border raids into Israel Sunday in a show of its military might, using live ammunition and an attack drone, AFP correspondents said.Around 200 Hezbollah fighters took part in the raids, part of large-scale military exercise in Aaramta, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Israeli border. Dozens of journalists were invited to the event which took place ahead of the anniversary next week of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon receives Interpol notice for its central bank governor who was no-show at Paris questioning
Lebanon has received an Interpol notice for the country's embattled central bank governor who failed to answer summons and show up in Paris earlier in the week for questioning in a graft case, officials said
News Lebanon Business: After 5 to host spring program
Soloist and Lebanon Community Choir member Brenda Ireland will provide special music. Cost is $15, which includes everything. Credit cards cannot be accepted. For reservations, contact Nancy at (541) ...
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon County real estate transfers for the week of May 2
North Lebanon Township MCN Holdings LLC ... Ramona Road, $520,000. BP Real Estate Investment Group to Michael and Grace Martin, 226 Millbach Road, $200,000. Sterling and Beth Leffler to Nelson and ...
News Lebanon Business: Can Lebanon be neutral on the Arab-Israeli conflict?
As the panelists noted, incredibly, Lebanon today attracts less foreign direct investment than North Korea. The organizers of this weekend’s conference sought to offer Lebanese an alternate ...
News Lebanon Business: Can Lebanon Repair Its Failing Energy Sector?
Poor infrastructure investment and growing political instability is weighing on Lebanon’s already-battered energy industry ...
News Lebanon Business: Linn County to receive funds from BLM
“This work supports local economies and provides family-wage jobs for our neighbors, and with the funds we are able to support critical community services like education and public safety.” The BLM ...
News Lebanon Business: Are S&P 500 Index Funds a Good Investment Right Now?
That said, investing is still one of the best ways to grow your wealth over the long term. And if you're worried about betting on the wrong stock, an S&P 500 index fund can be the perfect place for ...
News Lebanon Business: Congressman Dan Meuser visits 5 small businesses in downtown Lebanon
Congressman Dan Meuser (R-9) visited five businesses in downtown Lebanon Thursday, April 21. Meuser was joined on his tour by Mayor Sherry Capello Senator Chris Gebhard, and Lebanon Chamber Board ...
News Lebanon Business: Saudi Arabia, France pledge $30m for Lebanon aid and development
France and Saudi Arabia announced a joint development fund for crisis-hit Lebanon Tuesday, pledging an initial $30 million to support food security and the country's crippled health sector, a French embassy statement said.
News Lebanon Business: 'Truly humbling': Lebanon City Council honors Lt. William Lebo's service to the city
The last Lebanon City Council meeting turned solemn with a resolution conveying "a deep sense of loss in the death of Lt. William D. Lebo." ...
News Lebanon Business: Lebanon vote holds little hope for change despite disasters
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Running for parliament for the first time, independent Hania Zaatari walks down the meandering alleyways of the old souk in the port city of Sidon, telling impoverished workers and traders that fixing Lebanon’s devastating economic crisis is her top priority. “The economic plan needs to consider marginalized people like you and give them a chance for revival,” she said to 70-year-old Ahmed Abu Dhahr, one of two carpenters...
News Lebanon Business: Internet woes risk isolating Lebanon in crisis
Lebanon is in danger of losing its Internet connection and being isolated from the outside world, which would have catastrophic implications for the economy, society and security.
