Facebook founder named Time’s ‘person of year’
NEW YORK: Time magazine named Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg "person of the year" Wednesday, ignoring a push by readers of the magazine for WikiLeaks maestro Julian Assange to take the…
Peace deal would free Arabs to focus on Iran: Rudd
JERUSALEM: An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would free up the Arab world to "exclusively focus" on the problem of Iran's nuclear program, Australia's top diplomat said in remarks published on Wednesday.…
US memos: Mubarak’s son as president tough sell
By Agencies CAIRO: American diplomats believe Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would have a tough time persuading power brokers in the military to accept his son as his successor, according to leaked…
Senior Al-Tagammu members call on party chief to step down
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: A number of senior Al-Tagammu opposition party members earlier this week called on the party president Refaat El-Saied to step down in response to what they…
WikiLeaks’ Assange to learn bail fate Thursday
LONDON: Julian Assange will find out on Thursday if he will be granted bail, court officials said, as his lawyer complained about lack of access to the founder of the…
Egypt’s Orascom Telecom falls after new tax bill
Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OT) suffered its largest decline for two weeks on Wednesday after Algeria hit the operator's local unit Djezzy with a $230 million final tax demand for 2008…
Egypt to get an internet boost in 2011
CAIRO: Egypt is looking to spend more than $4 billion to enhance broadband services in 2011, the telecom minister announced, which will entail revitalizing plans for WiMax service in the…
Egypt looks to make the grade
By Oxford Business Group CAIRO: Moves to encourage greater private investment in education in Egypt could provide an important boost to the country, bringing in resources and supporting ongoing reform efforts.…
Suez Cement to shut 14 production lines in Cairo
Egypt's Suez Cement said on Tuesday it would shut down 14 production lines as part of an agreement with the government to relocate out of the capital to reduce pollution.…
Egypt regulator tells SODIC to alter stock split
Egypt's financial regulator approved a share split by real estate firm SODIC on Wednesday but demanded a change to the ratio of new shares to old. The nominal par value…
