Bomb in northern Lebanese city kills 18
TRIPOLI: A bomb ripped through a bus carrying civilians and members of the Lebanese military during Wednesday morning rush hour in the northern city of Tripoli, killing 18 people and…
Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in for a meeting with the EU ambassadors in Cairo
CAIRO: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called in accredited European ambassadors and consuls yesterday to emphasize the importance of treating Egyptians applying for visas properly. "We called for this meeting because…
SECTOR SERVICE: Risk management key in maturing market
CAIRO: As the Egyptian capital market seeks new ways to build shareholder value and trust, overall risk management becomes increasingly critical for participants and regulators of the market. Even more…
IN DEPTH: Actis, Mo'men deal signals spur in private equity investments
CAIRO: "It's been a very long road, said Actis Investment Principal Sherif Elkholy, who worked tirelessly for two years to secure a $48.5 million investment at one of Egypt's top…
ONE ON ONE: Concord carves niche in Egypt's capital market
CAIRO: Few people know that more than half of the assets managed by Concord Group worldwide are invested in Egyptian securities. But this success story did not happen overnight.In 1994,…
Foreign selling puts Egypt's bourse on slippery slope
CAIRO: Egyptian stock prices continued to erode yesterday, with the benchmark CASE 30 index sliding 4.9 percent to 7,850.03 pointsYesterday's slump marked the blackest day in an already dark week…
THE REEL ESTATE: The coolest dude in town fails to make a splash
Here's a real interesting success story. Born in 1978, actor/scriptwriter/director Ahmed Mekky decided to become a filmmaker after watching Mel Gibson's wartime epic "Braveheart in the mid-90s. The younger sibling…
Free trade breakdown
Last month, the Doha negotiations, promising freer trade, broke down, ostensibly over a small technicality in safeguard rules. In reality, the talks collapsed because nobody - not Europe, not the…