Nassr await official Ghaly clearing
CAIRO: Nassr chairman Faisal bin Torki revealed that the Saudi club have yet to receive an official notification clearing Egypt midfielder Hossam Ghaly over a doping case.Ghaly tested positive for…
Ismaili's Al-Saied delays recovery program
CAIRO: Ismaili midfielder Abdullah Al-Saied had to postpone his recovery program as he couldn t travel to Germany as planned.A giant cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland…
Mido ready for Liverpool trip
CAIRO: Mido is back for West Ham as the Londoners face Liverpool at Anfield on Monday.The Egyptian missed last week s win over Sunderland with a back problem, but is…
Turkey’s transatlantic value
WASHINGTON, DC: The Turkey that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits this week is a very different place from the Turkey that began European Union accession talks five years ago. For,…
Egypt's Palm Hills to up its stake in Maccor, says paper
Egyptian real estate developer Palm Hills Developments will raise its stake in Maccor for Securities Investment Company to 60 percent, the daily Al-Mal said on Tuesday. Palm Hills had bought…
Gold prices break decline wave in domestic market to rise in March
Gold prices broke the decline wave witnessed over the past two months in the domestic market during the month of March to rise. This covered 21, 18 carat gold and…
Orascom profit up on land sales, tourism
CAIRO: Swiss-based developer Orascom Development Holding's fourth-quarter net profit jumped 50 percent after the company sold land in Oman and tourism began to recover from the financial crisis. Reuters calculated…
In Egypt, a fair minimum wage is inevitable
CAIRO: In May 2008 I interviewed Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid for a special supplement we were preparing for the World Economic Forum in the Middle…
Singapore Surprises
It's a 12-hour flight to Singapore, an island city state just off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Singapore might suggest glitz and money with its architecturally dazzling skyline…