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Inside this issue
• After three bumper years, instability is starting to take its toll in the banking industry
• Prices have gone from extreme to extreme. Now, finally, the real estate market is cooling - -
Content
Bracing for impact of regional turmoil
Lebanon is used to domestic turmoil but events over the border may produce a ripple effect, write Abigail Fielding-Smith and Roula Khalaf
Banking: Instability takes its toll on profits
Lina Saigol on the decline of a sector that was built on prudent regulation
Corporate profile: BankMed
The Beirut-based bank has changed this image by focusing increasingly on retail and investment business, writes Lina Saigol
Foreign policy: Anti-Syrian sentiment tempered by fear
Damascus has already sent warning signals, says Najmeh Bozorgmehr
Export success: Beirut finds itself the flavour of the month
Lina Saigol reports on how food outlets are proving popular in the rest of the Arab world
Electricity: Fractious politics interrupt supply
Abigail Fielding-Smith explains why the country is so prone to blackouts
Telecoms trials
Lack of competitiveness in the telecoms sector will hurt Lebanese consumers, writes Abigail Fielding-Smith
Real estate: A long overdue correction in property market
Lina Saigol reports on the end of boom times in a remarkably resilient construction industry
Politics: Deadlock leaves government rudderless
Najmeh Bozorgmehr reports on six months of paralysis
Tourism: Visitors think twice before going to Baalbek in the springtime
Najmeh Bozorgmehr on the declining fortunes of an industry crucial to the economy
