Amended anti-monopoly law a disappointment, says ECA chair
CAIRO: Monopolistic business practices will now be fined between LE 100 million and LE 300 million, according to the amended version of the anti-monopoly law passed by the People's Assembly…
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Talaat Moustafa has $1.1 bln sales to JuneReuters reported that Talaat Moustafa Group said its sales so far this year were worth more than LE 6 billion ($1.1 billion) and…
Vodafone numbers drop as mobile subscribers make the switch
CAIRO: Two months after launching Egypt's mobile number portability (MNP) service, the number of subscribers who switched networks constitutes 0.02 percent of total mobile subscribers, said telecom experts.MobiNil has so…
Egyptian filmmaker Chahine in 'very critical condition': embassy
PARIS: Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine was listed in very critical condition in a French hospital on Tuesday, a day after he was flown to Paris after suffering a brain hemorrhage,…
THE REEL ESTATE: A roll of the dice
The short and winding trajectory of director Khaled Youssef's career is not only one of the biggest cinematic success stories of the new decade, but a substantial leap in the…
Paris celebrates 'fourth pyramid,' singer Om Kolthoum
PARIS: The life, voice and influence of Om Kolthoum, one of the greatest singers the Arab world has ever produced, are the theme of a major exhibit opening this week…
America's victory in Lebanon
The prime minister of His Majesty s Government, the rotund Lord North--reputed (falsely) to be the bastard son of George III - once sniffed to his cabinet that if it…
Deal with the Iranian factor
It is not clear whether Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recent call for national and comprehensive dialogue with Hamas is a significant change of position. Some PA leaders claim that…
Who will succeed Pope Shenouda?
Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Copts in Egypt and abroad, is currently in the United States for another surgical operation in less than two years. Not surprisingly, Copts and…
New tools in war on smoking: Stark warnings on impotence, disease
CAIRO: Offering a cigarette is as common as a handshake in Egypt, where the culture of smoking is so entrenched that patients and friends sometimes light up in hospital rooms.…