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Household spending is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 6.4 percent between 2016 and 2020, according to the Business Monitor International (BMI) report released this week. Total household spending is expected to…

The country’s government and entrepreneurs held this Monday, in São Paulo, a conference to encourage Brazil’s Lebanese community to consume Lebanese products, and visit and make investments in the Arab nation.Lebanon wants to mobilize the…

Around $85 million is required to complete three industrial cities planned by the Ministry of Industry for Baalbek, Tourbul-Qosaya, and Deir el Moukhaless-Jleiliyeh, according to a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)…

Bank deposits increased $6.6 billion in the first nine months of 2016. This is the highest growth in absolute value for corresponding periods since 2010. The value of additional deposits is 40 percent higher than during the same period last…

The information and communication technology (ICT) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7 percent to $543 million by 2019, according to ‘Investment Opportunities in the ICT Sector-2016’, a report published…

Around 9.45 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems were installed by the end of last year, according to the first Solar PV Status Report for Lebanon 2015.The study was conducted by the Small Decentralized Renewable Energy Power…

Remittances from expatriates to Lebanon are expected to increase slightly in 2016, according to the World Bank. In a report on capital inflows published Sunday, the World Bank projected that remittances from expatriates will reach $7.6…

The agro-food sector has been increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 percent, according to ‘Investment Opportunities in the Agro-food Sector 2016’ report issued by the Investment Development Authority in Lebanon (IDAL).…

With the help of University of Alberta scientists, a newly described pterosaur has finally flown home. This spectacular fossil material was discovered in a private Lebanese limestone quarry more than a decade ago and has led to what…