Ginger and Spice and everything nice
What does one get when two best friends, both mothers of toddlers, having an avid passion for baking, and a mind frame for eating consciously healthy food, come together? Ginger…
Cairo's best steak
There is steak and there is steak at the Cairo Marriot Hotel's Steakhouse. It offers a menu encompassing a variety of delicacies and the choicest cuts of steak from America,…
Back-flipping the Bike at the Pyramids' Base
Thirty-thousand fans are screaming and shouting for you; your heart beats really fast and you get a little bit nervous; you wave your hands to cheer the fans and once…
Doctors: Thyroid drug can hurt liver, kill kids
A pill used for thyroid disease can cause fatal liver failure in children and should no longer be used to treat them, two doctors warn. Doctors usually first try either…
Ministry reduces steel import tariff
CAIRO: The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced this week that it would scale back import tariffs on flat steel, a move that is likely to have little effect for…
Suez Canal revenues fall 21 percent in March
CAIRO: In continuation of a downward trend, Egypt's Suez Canal revenues dropped 21 percent to $327.9 million this past March from $416.9 million the previous year, according to a government…
Refiner reaps investors' return to solid gold
MENDRISIO: Tucked away in the Swiss canton of Ticino, the discreet and highly secure gold refiner and producer Argor-Heraeus illustrates the two ends of a scale in current market trends.While…
Egypt revenue, expenditures on the rise
CAIRO: Egypt saw a rise in both state revenue and expenditures in the first eight months of the fiscal year, up 33.2 percent and 29 percent, respectively, over the same…
THE REEL ESTATE: Last word on Waltz with Bashir
Amid the whirl of reviews of Oscar contenders over the past few months, I deferred discussing the one unreleased picture that caused a major stir in Egypt: "Waltz with Bashir.…
Exclusive interview with Daniel Barenboim
CAIRO: In an exclusive telephone interview with Daily News Egypt from his home in Germany, Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim attempted to correct one of the key assumptions of…
