Zamalek to open donation account
CARIO: Zamalek chairman Galal Ibrahim said that a donation bank account could be opened this week to aid the club's financial crisis. The interim Zamalek chief admitted last month that…
Red Bull sponsors squash tournament inside Luxor temple
CAIRO: Red Bull, the energy drink company, in collaboration with the Egyptian Squash Federation is planning a promotional squash tournament, Squash Temple, which will be played inside the Luxor temple…
Judith Butler: Imagining the impossible
By Maya Dukmasova CAIRO: On Tuesday, Judith Butler, eminent philosopher, writer, activist and professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkley delivered the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at the…
Egypt’s Palm Hills Q3 net seen down 17.5 pct
Egypt's second-biggest listed property developer Palm Hills Developments is expected to report a 17.5 percent drop in third-quarter net profit this week, according to a Reuters survey of four analysts.…
Egypt 182-day T-bill avg yield down to 9.778 pct
The average yield on Egyptian 182-day Treasury bills fell a fraction to 9.778 percent at an auction on Sunday versus 9.976 percent at last week's auction, the Central Bank of…
Egypt Alcotexa sells 1,487.5 T cotton in past week
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 1,487.5 tons of cotton in the week that ended on Nov. 6, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday. The sales…
Mubarak vows to protect Copts after Qaeda threat
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday condemned threats by the Al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq against Coptic Christians in Egypt and promised to protect them, the official MENA news agency reported.…
Sawiris skeptical on Orascom/Vimpelcom deal: paper
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris told a Norwegian newspaper that the chances of completing a $6.6 billion merger between his company Orascom and Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom were at best 50…
Arab world faces worsening water crisis
By Alistair Lyon /Reuters BEIRUT: The Arab world, one of the driest regions on the planet, will tip into severe water scarcity as early as 2015, a report issued on Thursday…
Egypt’s Eipico 9-month net profit up 14 percent
Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Co (Eipico) posted a 14 percent rise in nine-month net profit to LE 258.5 million ($45 million), the stock exchange said on Sunday. Net profit in…