Alternative energies and investment strategies
The last decade saw major structural changes in the publicly-quoted energy sector. Since 2004 the ten major oil companies’ market capitalization has fallen from about 70 percent of the MSCI…
LSE’s future in Middle East hands after TMX failure
LONDON: Middle East investors Borse Dubai and the Qatar Investment Authority hold the key to the future of London Stock Exchange amid speculation it has become a takeover target after…
S.Africa’s Zuma heading to Russia for Libya talks
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma is leaving Sunday for Russia for talks on Libya, a spokeswoman said, after an African Union summit sought to push a regional peace plan…
Syria troops press sweep for dissidents in northwest
NICOSIA: The Syrian army pressed a crackdown on dissent in the northwest on Sunday making sweeping arrests, as troops deployed in the hotbed central city of Hama, an activist said.…
Hezbollah rules out arrests in ‘void’ UN Hariri case
BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday ruled out the arrest of four members of his militant group indicted by a UN court for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese former…
US Captain of Gaza-bound ship held in ‘shocking conditions’
ATHENS: The captain of a US vessel intercepted after it tried to defy a ban and sail for Gaza from Greece was being held in "shocking conditions" Sunday and had…
West hails Morocco ‘yes’ vote on reforms
RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed VI won praise from Europe and the United States Saturday after voters massively endorsed reforms offered in a bid to quiet protests inspired by uprisings in…
THE REEL ESTATE: Life before the revolution
Three years ago, a little indie film with no stars called “Ein Shams” (Eye of the Sun) came out of nowhere to take the Egyptian film industry by storm, challenging…
Cabinet approves draft law to replace university heads as sit-in continues
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Egypt’s Cabinet approved Sunday a draft law that would end the tenure of leadership figures at universities starting August, following nationwide on-campus sit-ins held by professors…
April 6 deny report they will storm prisons on July 8
CAIRO: The April 6 Movement has denied a report published by Youm El-Sabei newspaper on Sunday claiming that security forces have announced that the movement is planning to break…
