TRAVEL: Czechs rediscover the taste of long-forgotten treats
Prague is rediscovering the taste of long-forgotten Czech delicacies thanks to traditional cafes and sweet shops, closed during the communist era, that have reopened in the heart of capital. We…
Fusion flair at Indigo
The team that presented Cairo with Club 35 has recently celebrated the opening of their new restaurant, Indigo, in First Mall, Giza providing a venue similar in style and feel…
New Year's resolutions can be bad for you, says mental health charity
Making self-improvement New Year s resolutions often leaves people feeling worse, the British mental health charity Mind has warned.Mind urged people not to make resolutions focusing on physical imperfections -such…
Hard to hear at holiday parties? Blame your brain
For some of us, New Year s Eve, a time for plunging into boisterous crowds bathed in loud music, means turning to an old friend and hearing things like this:…
Links of Interest
The site www.urbanvegan.net provides vegan recipes of all sorts by a woman who follows a vegan lifestyle herself. With daily recipes added, its one woman's shared efforts about the struggles…
World markets perk up despite grim economic news
LONDON: World stock markets rose Friday despite further grim economic news, though trading volumes remained light with many traders not back at their desks until next week.The FTSE 100 index…
Weekly Stock Review: 2008's last week trading slightly up
CAIRO: Egypt's stock market closed out the year on a high note after an influx of foreign investors helped the index breach a key resistance level at 4,500 points.Overall, Egypt's…
Malaysia's AWC unit wins 171 mln dirham UAE contract
KUALA LUMPUR: A unit of Malaysian firm AWC Facilty Solutions has won a contract worth 171 million UAE dirhams ($46.5 million) for designing, supplying and installing a waste collection system,…
Oil trims early loss on year's first trading day
LONDON: The oil market kicked off 2009 feebly on Friday, falling nearly 8 percent before trimming back losses to around 1 percent once the U.S. market opened. US light, sweet…
Album sales plunge, digital downloads up
Music sales have continued to slump in 2008 as the increased number of downloads of digital tracks failed to make up for a plunge in the sale of compact discs.Year-end…
