تشرين الثاني 12, 2015 The European Union will announce a €1.8 billion emergency fund for Africa on Thursday in a bid to halt the flow of refugees entering the EU illegally, although leaders will stop short of establishing processing centres in Africa to register people before they leave the EU. Ireland ... Read More »
تشرين الثاني 04, 2015 The crisis at Volkswagen has deepened after the carmaker found “irregularities” in the carbon dioxide levels emitted by 800,000 of its cars. An internal investigation into the diesel emissions scandal has discovered that CO2 and fuel consumption were also “set too low during the CO2 certification process”, ... Read More »
تشرين الأول 27, 2015 The European Commission announced €5.9 million in emergency funding for Greece yesterday, a day after a mini-summit in Brussels agreed on a 17-point plan to deal with the refugee crisis unfolding in the Balkans. The new financing for Greece will be taken from the EU’s Asylum, Migration ... Read More »
تشرين الأول 19, 2015 Figures issued by the International Monetary Fund show that there were 294.2 borrowers per 1,000 adults at commercial banks in Lebanon at the end of 2014, constituting an increase of 4.8 percent from 280.7 in 2013 and compared to 179.1 in 2005. The borrowers’ penetration rate ranks ... Read More »
تشرين الأول 07, 2015 The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes and would collectively owe an estimated $620 billion in U.S. taxes if they repatriated the funds, according to a study released on Tuesday. The study, by two left-leaning non-profit ... Read More »
تشرين الأول 05, 2015 Citi, the global financial services group, indicated that the risks from the recent slowdown in the growth of bank deposits in Lebanon are limited, and that the slowdown is unlikely to pave the way for capital flight. It added that the Lebanese banking system has the capacity ... Read More »
أيلول 28, 2015 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said it would cease exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the “foreseeable future” and take a writedown of about $4.1 billion after failing to find enough oil in the region. The company said it did not find sufficient amounts of oil and ... Read More »
تشرين الثاني 12, 2015 The European Union will announce a €1.8 billion emergency fund for Africa on Thursday in a bid to halt the flow of refugees entering the EU illegally, although leaders will stop short of establishing processing centres in Africa to register people before they leave the EU. Ireland ... Read More »
تشرين الثاني 17, 2015 TOKYO- Asian stocks rose across the board on Tuesday following a surge on Wall Street overnight as investors clawed back losses that came on the back of last week’s Paris attacks. Meanwhile, expectations for a December rate hike by the Federal Reserve also kept the dollar on ... Read More »
Under the patronage and presence of his Excellency the Minister of Information Ramzi Jreij, the Directorate of Lebanese Studies and Publications at the Ministry of Information is honored to invite you to attend its second Media Conference, #New_Med تشرين الثاني 25, 2015 with the participation of the Lebanese Higher Institute of Doctorate in Literature ... Read More »
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