New regulatory authority to monitor financial markets
CAIRO: The Egyptian government created a new regulatory authority to oversee all non-banking financial markets as part of a long term process to reform and develop the nation's financial sector.President…
GAFI to introduce e-registration, provide economic statistics on Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt will allow new companies to register online starting next month, Assem Ragab, chairman of General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), told a conference Tuesday. Ragab and…
Egypt to liquidate or sell Nasr Auto
CAIRO: The Ministry of Investment announced that it would either liquidate or sell state-owned El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company (Nasr), which has historically been one of Egypt's major auto companies.The…
Refugee films that hit home
The huge number of Sri Lankans who have been uprooted due to the crackdown on the Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the government has made headlines recently. So has…
The bumpy road Ahead
CAMBRIDGE: If stock market and interest-rate spreads are to be believed, America's economy has seen the worst and may be on its way to a slow recovery. But the troubles…
Can business be ethical?
MELBOURNE: Something new is happening at Harvard Business School. As graduation nears for the first class to complete their Master of Business Administration since the onset of the global financial…
Religion as a language of communication and conflict resolution
JERUSALEM: Of particular note in President Obama s impressive speech to the gathering jointly hosted by Cairo University and Al Azhar, was his use of religion as a language of…
COMMENTARY: Will we get through the H1N1 pandemic 'together'?
CAIRO: When I arrived in Cairo earlier this year, I was struck by the feeling of community. Even in a crowded and continually growing city of 20 million, I've found…
Poll shows dissatisfaction with job creation efforts
CAIRO: Egyptian youth are mostly pessimistic about employment opportunities in Egypt, according to a recent survey by The Gallup Poll. Although young Egyptians believe that they can help their country…
Gabaly and Nazif confirm no plague cases in Egypt
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabaly said that Egypt is plague-free despite its appearance in the Libyan city of Tabarak, 50 km west of the…