IN DEPTH: Why companies shouldn't back out of share buybacks
CAIRO: Over the past few months, a growing number of Egyptian companies have purchased or announced plans to buy treasury stocks.Given the current economic environment, and the fiercely fluctuating markets,…
Egypt unemployment creeps upwards
CAIRO: While unemployment is down from last year, the latest numbers show a rise from the previous quarter, suggesting that the global economic crisis may be taking its toll on…
Hillary: The Movie,' now showing at Supreme Court
Months after its debut, Hillary: The Movie faces nine of the nation s toughest critics: the Supreme Court.The justices review of the slashing documentary financed by longtime critics of Secretary…
Pop calligraphy
Osman Andrew Young is recognized by his students and colleagues at the American University in Cairo (AUC) for being a brilliant professor. He teaches with passion and is his humor…
The China syndrome
The late historian Barbara Tuchman was an accomplished writer, but her reputation rests more properly on her insights. Her seminal work, August 1914 , was so filled with them that…
1929 or 1989?
PARIS: As the economic crisis deepens and widens, the world has been searching for historical analogies to help us understand what has been happening. At the start of the crisis,…
The panthers of identity politics
LONDON: I was in Jordan, that beautiful oasis of calm and moderation in a difficult and dangerous neighborhood, when I first heard the news about the murder of two British…
Egyptian impact on Giacometti displayed
ZURICH, Switzerland: He is called the Egyptian, but Alberto Giacometti never was in Egypt. A Zurich show just gives him that name to focus on the intense fascination ancient Egyptian…
Brotherhood lawyers call for expediting syndicate elections
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood lawyers held protests inside the Higher Court of Justice and in front of the South Cairo Court calling for expediting the procedures to hold the Lawyers' Syndicate…
Al-Saqqa exhilarated over win at Galatasaray
CAIRO: Eskisehirspor defender Abdel-Zaher Al-Saqqa reckons he put on his finest performance this term in his side s 1-0 win over Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League on Sunday.The Egyptian…