Amazon hikes Kindle royalty payment for self-publishers
Amazon offered a higher royalty payment this week to authors and publishers who use a self-publishing platform on its Kindle electronic book reader.The online retail giant said the new royalty…
Wes Anderson makes indelible endings a trademark
As the credits of Fantastic Mr. Fox began to roll and the Bobby Fuller Four s Let Her Dance blared through the theater at a recent showing of the movie,…
Egypt index inches down after 3-week rally
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark index edged down 0.4 percent, with traders taking profit following a rally over the last three weeks. As of Wednesday s close, the EGX 30 had…
France Telecom and Orascom in talks over Mobinil
PARIS: France Telecom said it and Orascom Telecom held high-level discussions in the past week to find a resolution to their prolonged battle for control over Mobinil, Egypt s major…
Mubarak makes first comment on Nagaa Hammadi shootings
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak described the Nagaa Hammadi s shootings as a criminal act and urged Egypt's intelligentsia to confront "sedition, ignorance and blind fanaticism in a speech to mark…
Human rights NGO calls for Qena governor's resignation
CAIRO: Al Kalima Human Rights Center filed a case to the Administrative Court calling for the resignation of Qena Governor Magdy Ayoub, citing repeated sectarian clashes in the area. Al…
High food imports will weigh on Egypt's economy: World Bank
CAIRO: Although Egypt's GDP growth rate is expected to rise to 5.2 percent in 2010 and 6 percent by 2011, high food imports represent a significant burden on the economy,…
'Avatar' gets 8 noms for British film awards
Sci-fi extravaganza Avatar, Iraq drama The Hurt Locker and coming-of-age story An Education earned eight nominations apiece Thursday in the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain s equivalent…
Biopic brings back iconic French 'Je t'aime' singer Gainsbourg
A biopic of Serge Gainsbourg, the French singer best known abroad for his raunchy 1969 classic Je t aime, moi non plus, hits cinemas across Europe this week but its…
A musical diamond at Fairmont Nile City
Another sparkle will be added to the dazzle at the new Fairmont Nile City hotel to open this month. The duo called "Diamond Life, consisting of vocalist Carrie Gibson and…