INTERVIEW: Egypt's Banque Misr to cut bad debts, lending steady
CAIRO: State-owned Banque Misr, Egypt s second-biggest commercial bank by assets, expects government firms to repay LE5.5 billion ($984 million) in overdue debts within weeks, slashing its stock of bad…
Russia's RIAS enters arbitration in Egypt wheat row
CAIRO: Russian grain company Rosinteragroservis (RIAS) said on Tuesday it had started two arbitration cases at the London-based Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) against a private Egyptian grain importer.…
Experts talk real estate at Ahram exhibition
CAIRO: At the Al-Ahram Conference for Real Estate Investment this week, most attendees painted a positive and optimistic picture of the future of Egypt's real estate sector.Taha Abdel Alim, general…
Woes of Egyptian society captured in jokes
As people's idea of marriage turns more materialistic by the minute, traffic reaches a new level of chaos everyday and education levels topple further, Egyptians put on their creative hats…
Our fears about the ME and our identity group
TORONTO: This article is a rather unusual joint effort by myself and my friend, the late psychiatrist and analyst, Dr. George Awad. I met George almost 40 years ago when…
Mercantilism reconsidered
CAMBRIDGE: A businessman walks into a government minister's office and says he needs help. What should the minister do? Invite him in for a cup of coffee and ask how…
Treason in the air
COPENHAGEN: Discussions about global warming are marked by an increasing desire to stamp out "impure thinking, to the point of questioning the value of democratic debate. But shutting down discussion…
ANALYSIS: Egypt workers fight for pay, not against the state
MAHALLA EL-KUBRA: Striking Egyptian workers are unlikely to escalate demands for better conditions into a political challenge to the government, but stoppages will make state assets less attractive to investors.…
Silence marks first day of 'canceled' Sayeda Zeinab moulid
CAIRO: Silence dawned on the Sayeda Zeinab district yesterday, the first day of annual celebration of the birth of Sayeda Zeinab, the prophet's granddaughter. The typical sight of colorful swings,…
Ode to Egypt president lands clerk in jail
CAIRO: An Egyptian civil servant who wrote a satirical poem about veteran President Hosni Mubarak has been jailed for three years after a colleague turned the villainous verses over to…
