Mobinil on track for revenue target
CAIRO: Mobinil, Egypt s largest mobile operator by subscribers, said on Sunday it was on track to meet its target for 10 percent revenue growth this year and that a…
Egypt GDP growth seen 3.5-4 pct in FY 09/10
NEW YORK: Economic growth in Egypt is expected to decline to the 3.5 to 4 percent range in the upcoming fiscal year, Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin told Reuters in an…
Egypt Q4 unemployment falls to 8.8 percent, says MENA
CAIRO: Unemployment in Egypt fell to 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 from 9.1 percent a year earlier, state news agency MENA said on Sunday. There were 2.209…
Netanyahu seeks to reassure Egypt over FM pick
JERUSALEM: Israeli premier-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to reassure Cairo over choosing a firebrand who once told the Egyptian president to go to hell as his foreign minister, his office…
Rice export ban ends in October
CAIRO: By the time Egypt's rice export ban is over, it will have lasted at least three times longer than was first announced. This week, the Ministry of Trade and…
Big unknown: Cannes festival contenders
Two months before the curtain goes up on the Cannes film festival, the movie world is swirling with rumors on the films that will line up for the event s…
INTERVIEW: Al Khan author celebrates book launch
It's common knowledge among Tarek Shahin's friends that Omar, the protagonist of Al Khan, the daily comic strip Shahin authors, is his alter-ego. Omar has left a banking career in…
Egypt asks US to return 'illegal' sarcophagus
CAIRO: Egypt has asked the United States to return an ornately painted Pharaonic coffin that was smuggled out of the country more than 125 years ago, the Supreme Council of…
The good, the bad and the ugly
American engagement with Syria has started and there are positive signs. Rogue state and axis of evil have been replaced by encouraging developments, including the meeting between the Syrian ambassador…
Will Obama go beyond the superficial?
In his first interview with an Arab television network soon after his inauguration, US President Barack Obama confirmed his intention to engage right away with all the major parties involved…