'Idol' finalist can't wait to reveal her own songs
Long before adopting the dreadlocks, "American Idol" finalist Crystal Bowersox discovered what she needed to make sense of the world. She calls it her comfort blanket — her guitar —…
Cairo's first Complaints Choir: Let the rumbling begin
Cairo has been hit by wave of protests these past few months, whether it was against extending the emergency law, for raising the minimum wage or calling for more freedom…
UN conference tries to bridge West-Muslim divide
RIO DE JANEIRO: A UN forum looking to dampen many of the conflagrations currently raging between the Western and Muslim worlds is to kick off in Rio this week with,…
HC to launch E-Stox Service
HC Securities and Investment said its online trading service, which will be known as "E-stox Service," will be fully functional by the third quarter of this year, according to a…
BNP Paribas gets ISO for its international trade finance services
BNP Paribas Egypt, which has been offering international trade finance services since 2005, acquired the ISO 9001:2008 model, which is a Quality Management System (QMS) in the scope of…
Egypt pound extends losses against dollar
The Egyptian pound weakened to its lowest against the dollar since March 13, 2009, as it tracked the euro downward on concerns over the health of euro zone economies. The…
No decision yet on Vodafone stake bid: Kamel
Egypt's communications minister said on Monday a final decision had not been made over whether landline monopoly Telecom Egypt would try to boost its stake in Vodafone's Egyptian unit. Telecom…
Sewedy eyes power investment in Pakistan
El Sewedy Cables said on Tuesday it was negotiating for a 50-megwatt power generation project in Pakistan, in a bid to open a new market in Asia. The firm, the…
No progress on Orascom Algeria unit sale: Djoudi
Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom has shown no willingness to discuss a sale of its Algerian business to the Algerian government, finance minister Karim Djoudi said on Tuesday. Algeria last month…
Italy's Wind eyes acquisitions in growth push
ROME: Italy's No.3 mobile phone operator Wind is open to making acquisitions to grow in the competitive Italian telecoms market and would be interested in BT's Italian unit if it…
