Egypt stock indexes dip over 4.5 pct, big caps weigh
CAIRO: Egypt s top two share indexes skidded over 4.5 percent lower on Monday as declines in big cap stocks such as Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) triggered a selling frenzy,…
New revelations expected in latest Jihadi Revision
CAIRO: After a year of silence, Sayed Imam will return to the spotlight with the publication of his new book, "Al-Taareya (The Exposure), which is expected to reveal new details…
Reforms boost revenues, but distrust runs deep among Egyptian taxpayers
CAIRO: In 2005, Egypt replaced its nearly 24-year-old tax law, trimming red tape and slashing corporate income taxes by as much as half. As well as attempting to lure foreign…
Sugar company referred to prosecution for 'price-discrimination'
CAIRO: Egypt's Ministry of Trade referred this week the public-run Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) to the general prosecutor on price-discrimination charges in violation of the anti-monopoly law, said…
"Shades of Ray" explores issues of identity and relationships
Ray Rehman is an average 20-something American guy trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood. He attends audition after audition, shares a house with a friend from high…
The route to durable peace
AMMAN: As the endless negotiations between Israeli government and Palestinian Authority officials regurgitate old arguments while making no progress, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians are paying attention to…
An Obama Moment for India's Untouchables
NEW DELHI: Among the many international consequences of Barack Obama's stunning victory in the United States is worldwide introspection about whether such a breakthrough could happen elsewhere. Could a person…
From Great Game to Grand Bargain
LAHORE: The "Great Game is no fun anymore. Nineteenth-century British imperialists used that term to describe the British-Russian struggle for mastery in Afghanistan and Central Asia. More than a century…
HARD TALK: Eternal Presidency
When President Hosni Mubarak asked the parliament to amend the Egyptian constitution in February 2005 to allow multi-candidate presidential elections rather than holding a referendum on one candidate, it appeared…
With a Grain of Salt: Bush wins the bet
I do not understand the reason for this current state of euphoria that has taken over the world because President George W. Bush is going to leave the White House…