Consumer confidence up regionally, says report
Consumer confidence in Egypt for the second half of 2008 was at 55.6 points, well below the regional average but above the 32.3 recorded during the previous half-year, according to…
IN DEPTH: Banking on government bonds
While governments may not be the best authority on investment these days, government bonds are still a safe bet for reticent investors looking to add low-risk assets to their portfolio.…
ONE ON ONE: NBD prepares to take on Egypt's Islamic finance market
By the end of last year, the meltdown was complete. Lehman Brothers had failed, Merrill Lynch was gone, and analysts from CNBC to the beleaguered banks were predicting that Wall…
Exhibition heralds a new dawn for Egyptian comics
Having visited the Goethe Institute's inaugural ceremony for its new comic book and graphic novel exhibition, I had the sensation that a storm was brewing among the too-long suppressed underground…
Palestinian view: The accidental prime minister
Ehud Olmert would probably never have made it to the office of prime minister were it not for two events related to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: the creation of…
Israeli view: A ritual of genial paralysis
Perhaps the most inexplicable aspect of Ehud Olmert s largely failed three years as prime minister of Israel was his extensive yet totally unproductive series of meetings with Palestinian President…
Four Essential Steps to the Copenhagen Agreement
NEW YORK: The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this year will be the moment in history when humanity can rise to the challenge and decisively deal with the…
Decoding Egypt: Sex at First Sight
CAIRO: The unprecedented court verdict that handed 10 rapists the death penalty for kidnapping and gang raping a woman in the governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh revived once again the debate…
Ministry denies killer phone call rumors
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior dispelled rumors that SMS and phone calls on mobile phones from unknown foreign bodies cause their recipients severe headaches followed by a brain hemorrhage that…