Egypt index climbs, Ezz Steel rises on deal
Egypt's benchmark index, EGX30, rose 1.4 percent, boosted by Ezz Steel after an unnamed investor bought 2.66 million shares of the country's biggest steelmaker. Volume was low, as Egyptian shares…
YouTube wants viewers to ‘leanback,’ stay longer
SAN BRUNO, Calif: YouTube is trying to become as brainless and painless to watch as the boob tube. In the process, the Web's leading video site hopes to learn enough…
Bye-bye trolls? Blizzard forums to use real names
NEW YORK: Activision Blizzard Inc.'s move to require people to use their real names if they want to post messages in online forums for games is the latest sign that…
Solar plane lands after completing 24-hour flight
PAYERNE, Switzerland: An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day…
Early humans ventured farther north than thought
LONDON: Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England's east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said. It had been assumed that humans…
Europe’s ‘Big Bang’ probe sends back first image of cosmos
PARIS: A space telescope designed to peer into the enigma of the "Big Bang" has served up its first overall image of the cosmos, the European Space Agency said on…
Particle physics: ‘Honey, I shrunk the proton’
PARIS: Scientists lobbed a bombshell into the world of sub-atomic theory on Wednesday by reporting that a primary building block of the visible Universe, the proton, is smaller than previously…
Supreme Constitutional Court overturns Coptic remarriage ruling
CAIRO: Egypt's highest judiciary body on Wednesday overturned a ruling ordering the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, the official MENA news agency said, in a move welcomed…
Oil jumps to around $75 on equities, US data
LONDON: Oil rose to around $75 per barrel on Thursday, supported by a rally in stock markets and an industry report showing a sharp fall in crude oil inventories in…
Supply to further pressure UAE house prices in 2010
DUBAI: House prices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are set to fall a further 10 percent and 13 percent in 2010 respectively, as residential supply expands in both markets, a…