Methanex Egypt looks to export $350 million worth of Methanol to overseas markets
NoozzCAIRO: Three Egyptian companies plan to speed up their involvement in a joint-venture to produce methanol with the Canadian Methanex Corporation and the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), Sameh Fahmy,…
Egypt invites Russian businesses to invest in specialized industrial zones
NoozzCAIRO: A senior official at the Ministry of Trade and Industry said Russian businesses will be invited to invest in two Egyptian specialized industrial zones for heavy trucks and engineering…
Final bids Monday for Egypt's Bank of Alexandria
CAIRO: Six European and Arab banks will place their final bids Monday for the Bank of Alexandria, Egypt s only state-owned bank to be put up for sale, banking officials…
Egyptian intelligence chief discusses Palestinian unity government with exiled Hamas leader
Associated PressDAMASCUS: Egypt s intelligence chief held talks Saturday with Hamas exiled political leader in Damascus on forming a Palestinian unity government and swapping prisoners for a kidnapped Israeli soldier,…
Beijing looks to brush up on its English for Olympics
BEIJING: Beijing will try to stamp out embarrassingly bad English on bilingual signs as part of the Chinese capital s image make-over in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, state…
'Pregnant' smuggler bust by false labor pains
CAIRO: An Egyptian woman pretending to suffer from labor pains gave such a poor performance at customs that a quick hand-search revealed her bundle of joy to be 48 mobile…
NTRA official denies postponement of International Gateway License offering
Official: TE interests are a factor but not everything in delay in offering international calling licensesCAIRO: National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Vice President Sherif Ginena denied Sunday a news report…
Lawyer confirms Muslim Brotherhood arrests
CAIRO: Sources in the Muslim Brotherhood confirmed to The Daily Star Egypt that Egyptian police arrested eight members of the opposition group early on Saturday.Brotherhood lawyer Abdel Moniem Abdel Maqsoud…
Egypt, Gazprom sign MOU
MOSCOW: Russia s Gazprom and the Egyptian government have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in Egypt s gas sector, the Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister told Reuters on…
Abul-Gheit tells US envoy to avoid escalation with Sudan
ReutersCAIRO: Egypt said on Friday it had warned Andrew Natsios, the new US special envoy to Sudan, against the dangers of seeking confrontation with Khartoum over the Darfur crisis as…
