Nanimarquina: Doing the rug thing
It is so easy to overlook where one treads their footsteps. In our contemporary lives, our floors are neglected as we live above ground level on couches. That is the…
Rosita Missoni: An icon of design
Rosita Missoni clearly loves life. She also loves the simple luxuries of life, and so it comes as no surprise that she has created a home interiors line that honors…
King of color: Edward van Vliet
When the crown price of Holland was getting married, the country marked the occasion in different ways, most notably with design interpretations. Commissioning Edward van Vliet was Bijenkorf, Amsterdam's largest…
Poliform: Cool interiors with a colorful twist
Poliform is so unbearably cool, its furniture must be designed with a suave Bond man in mind. By collaborating with different artists, Poliform also produces furniture that is boldly colorful…
Like jewelry for your room
The creations of Dutch lighting firm Brand van Egmond are so feminine that, one could argue, they define the ideal modern woman by their form and shape: sexy, tough, enigmatic.Merging…
Egypt's NSGB sees retail, corporate credit growth
CAIRO: Cairo-based National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB) expects to expand retail and corporate lending this year despite slower growth in Egypt, executives told Reuters on Wednesday. Economic growth has dropped…
Egypt makes top 10 offshoring destinations
CAIRO: Egypt climbed seven places this year to come in as the sixth most attractive offshore locations globally, according to a recent report. The 2009 report recently released by A.T.…
With a Grain of Salt: A Pig's Visit
My secretary walked in disturbed, saying there was a pig outside who wanted to meet me. "What is so strange about that? I asked. "Pigs come here every day. But…
British embrace coalition building across faiths
OXFORD, England: Many learned people have stood in this hall and spoken of the values that are shared between the Abrahamic faiths. That is not my purpose today. I want…
America's socialism for the rich
With all the talk of "green shoots of economic recovery, America's banks are pushing back on efforts to regulate them. While politicians talk about their commitment to regulatory reform to…