Recycling careers
CAIRO: A month after she closed her first business, a 10-year endeavor, Shereen Allam began preparing her next one.Although she had her start in the private business realm as a…
Egypt’s OT completes sale of stake in Congo Unit
Cairo-based Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Monday it had signed a deal to complete the sale of its controlling 65 percent stake in a mobile phone service operator in Congo…
Mubarak demands review of elections
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak demanded a review of Egypt's recently run parliamentary elections, which were marred by widespread violence, his spokesman said Monday.Mubarak's remarks came during a ceremony in which…
Raya provides contact center services for Coca Cola Egypt
CAIRO: Recognizing the excellence of its contact center services, Coca Cola Egypt has contracted Raya Contact Center to manage its customer care program as part of its ongoing efforts to…
QIZ past and future discussed at conference
CAIRO: Some 240 participants from Israel and Egypt gathered yesterday at the second conference on Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) at the Semiramis InterContinental Hotel.The QIZ concept was established a year…
Untold stories
CAIRO: The intense tension felt in advance of a meeting with Morgan Freeman, one of Hollywood's most prominent personalities, turned out to be for naught.The academy award-winning actor is anything…
Egyptian market boosted by Telecom Egypt IPO
CAIRO: Money left over from an IPO of Telecom Egypt shares pushed up stocks popular with retail investors Sunday, but big-cap declines pulled down the benchmark Hermes index, brokers said.Arab…
Cairo ICT celebrates 10 years of success
ICT 2006, scheduled for February 5-8, is set to attract many of the region's top players and the world's leaders in telecommunications, information technology, networking, computing and broadcast technology, as…
Calyon, HSBC bid for Egypt's EAB, says executive
CAIRO: France's Calyon and Britain's HSBC have submitted bids for Egyptian American Bank (EAB), which has been put up for sale by its main shareholders, an EAB executive said on…
Black gold
CAIRO: With oil prices skyrocketing across the world, and with the Middle East region hosting an abundance of the product, many are growing interested in learning more about the oil…
