Monet show sheds new light, and lighting, on Impressionism
A vast Claude Monet retrospective in Paris sheds new light on the Impressionist megastar, vaunting a "difficult" artist and using ultra-modern LEDs to illuminate his work as never before. While…
No Zamalek role for Emam
CAIRO: Former Zamalek playmaker Hazem Emam said he would not run for a seat in the club's board of directors in next year's elections after experiencing a disappointing spell as…
Beatbox: Sounds like teen spirit
Backward baseball caps bobbed, hands spinning at imaginary discs and mouths sputtering rhythmic beats. At Sawy Culture Wheel’s Beatbox festival on Tuesday night, teenage enthusiasm swelled and spilled over the…
Esperance coach wary of ‘rebuilding’ Ahly
CAIRO: Esperance coach Faouzi Benzarti is hoping to take advantage of Ahly's stumbling, but warned of his opposition's quality ahead of the Champions League semi-final. The eagerly-anticipated Arab clash takes…
ThyssenKrupp freezes new business in Iran
FRANKFURT: ThyssenKrupp said it is freezing all new business with Iran with immediate effect and will terminate existing contracts there as soon as possible in response to ever-harsher sanctions on…
Lebanon: Tourism’s place in the Sun
Lebanon is quietly confident of breaking through the 2m mark for tourist arrivals this year and setting a new record both for visitor numbers and revenue, but the government is…
Lula’s legacy
MEXICO CITY: The first round in Brazil’s upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for Oct. 3, may turn out to be the only round. For outgoing President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s…
Kuwait’s Burgan Bank raises $400 mln from bond sale
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Burgan Bank raised $400 million in a 10-year bond sale on Thursday, at a coupon rate of 7.875 percent. The dollar-denominated bond sale attracted a final book size…
Qatar Aviation to reprice $650 mln loan-bankers
LONDON: Qatar Aviation Leasing, owned by the Qatar government, has launched syndication of a $650 million loan agreed earlier this year in order to reduce the pricing, banking sources close…
Dubai’s Nakheel sees restructuring done by year end
DUBAI: Dubai state-owned property developer Nakheel expects to complete its debt restructuring by the end of the year. "We have had a successful bank meeting and we are having very…
