Seminar tackles new marketing techniques
CAIRO: A Digital Marketing Seminar was held this weekend at the Conrad Cairo Hotel with a keynote speech by guest speaker Michael Leander on the "Seven Things You Need to…
ASEC ups cement company stake in $80 mln deal
CAIRO: ASEC Holding raised its stake in ASEC Cement by 9.48 percent in a deal worth $80 million in cash and shares, according to a statement from the firm. ASEC…
'Hurt Locker,' 'Avatar' face off at UK film awards
Intense war drama The Hurt Locker and blockbuster sci-fi spectacle Avatar are squaring off at the British Academy Film Awards - a curtain raiser for their Academy Awards battle in…
Vegas hotel unveils Elvis extravaganza
Three decades after Elvis Presley took his last bow on the Las Vegas Strip, where he once reigned as king, the magicians of Cirque du Soleil have tried to summon…
Will Greece go to the IMF?
WASHINGTON, DC: Traditionally, "you should go to the IMF was not something you would say to friendly neighbors and close allies. Over the past few decades, the International Monetary Fund…
Is China overplaying its hand?
LONDON: Remember the G-2? America's financial difficulties and foreign entanglements, together with China's economic ascent, led many last year to envisage the emergence of a sort of global condominium between…
Open letter to Islamophobe Dutch MP Geert Wilders
Dear Mr Wilders,They say you can only take a horse to the water, you can't make it drink. But human beings are not horses. Unlike animals, they can be reasoned…
Young Palestinian leadership at the helm of state building
RAMALLAH: In January 2009 I was standing with dozens of Palestinian youth who were jostling in front of the Palestinian Presidential Guard offices in Ramallah, hoping for a chance to…
Small fire near Downtown Cairo synagogue caused by 'primitive explosive device', says Interior Ministry
CAIRO: There was a heavy security presence outside the Adly Street Synagogue in Downtown Cairo Sunday morning following reports of a possible attack on it.When Daily News Egypt arrived at…
A new crisis in town: A closer look at the butane gas shortage
CAIRO: Men and women sit on empty gas cylinders in a queue that extends down the street in the district of Warraq, as they wait for a truck carrying a…