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…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

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…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

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…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

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…

Sarah El Sirgany

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…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

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…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

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…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

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…

Farah El Alfy

Egypt's Brotherhood open to dialogue with U.S. Congress

CAIRO: Newly elected Islamist members of the Egyptian parliament are open to dialogue with members of the U.S. Congress without involving the Cairo government, leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Judge storms out as Nour trial heats up

CAIRO: The judge in the trial of Ayman Nour, runner-up in this year's presidential elections, stormed out of Monday's court session after lawyers of both Nour and other co-defendants exchanged…

Daily Star Egypt Staff