Special Euromoney Coverage: Saving capitalism from the capitalists
CAIRO: After building his practice in the United States - a run that climaxed in his admittance before the Supreme Court and appointment as full partner at Baker and McKenzie,…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Reform is not a popularity contest, says Youssef Boutros Ghali
CAIRO: Fresh off the plane from Washington, where he had gone to help address the global economic crisis, Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali sat down with Daily News Egypt…
IMF launches probe into director's affair with employee, initiated by Egyptian
NEW YORK: The International Monetary Fund has opened an investigation of its director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his intimate ties to a subordinate employee - an affair that echoes the scandal…
New investment tools set to spur Egypt's capital market
CAIRO: When securities regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom banned short-selling on a host of financial companies shortly after the demise of banking giant Lehman Brothers, some…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: The hidden pleasures of Wadi Rishrash
The desert is boring. No shops or ahwas, no cinema; a monotonous sameness that is the polar opposite to the pleasures and excitement of Cairo.Why go out there? Don't you…
'Green' film festival opens in Tokyo
The Tokyo International Film Festival opened Saturday with an environmental theme as filmmakers from around the world greeted Japanese movie fans on a ceremonial green carpet. Stars attending the festival…
Out in 18 months or one hundred years?
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA: Winston Churchill once said that, in wartime, truth was so precious that it needed to be surrounded by a "bodyguard of lies. In America's presidential campaign - and,…
What to Expect From the 44th President
NEW YORK: Campaigns, be they political or military, are waged to be won, and the current American presidential campaign is no exception. The Democratic and Republican candidates are doing all…
Construction mogul's trial kicks off with pleas of innocence
CAIRO: Proceedings began Saturday on the trial of billionaire and former MP Hisham Talaat Moustafa and Mohsen El-Sokkari for the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim.At the Southern Cairo Court…
Lebanon's largest mosque inaugurated in Beirut
BEIRUT: Muslim religious leaders, politicians and a crowd of thousands gathered in central Beirut on Friday for the inauguration of Lebanon s largest mosque, a project launched by assassinated ex-premier…