Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci's 'Last Supper'
It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real.An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci's…
CIB's operating profits record new highs
CAIRO: Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt s largest listed lender by value, recently posted its second-biggest quarterly profit on record, as operating profits soared to new highs.The bank recorded a…
Businesses in the Middle East are making WEEE harder for themselves, says Motorola
CAIRO: Motorola has warned that businesses in the Middle East are making it harder for themselves to comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) initiative by failing to…
Improved economy drawing more investors, boosts stock market
CAIRO: The start of the week saw stocks rising with increased activity on the Case 30 as Arab investors pushed the benchmark up 2.3 percent, highlighting their interest in Egypt's…
Seagate eyes Egypt in expansion strategy
CAIRO: With more than a quarter century of industry expertise in digital storage, Seagate is turning a stiff one eye on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region with a…
Post office offers stock market transactions
CAIRO: The Egyptian National Postal Organization (ENPO), in collaboration with the Ministries of Investment and Communications and Information Technology, launched a new savings account based on investment in the stock…
Egypt renews skepticism over US-proposed Mideast conference
CAIRO: Egypt renewed its skepticism over a US-proposed Mideast peace conference on Monday, and its chief diplomat hinted that the heavyweight Arab nation may even not attend the gathering expected…
NDP favors patronage over politics, say analysts
CAIRO: Despite a highly marketed effort at modernization, Egypt s ruling party is still centered on one man and draws much of its loyalty from its function as a patronage…
Tutankhamun show unveiled in London
LONDON: The lid was lifted Tuesday on a long-awaited new exhibition in London of treasures from the tomb of teenage Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Some 130 items, which are up to…
Boy killed by Sinai landmine
AL-ARISH: A landmine explosion in northern Egypt killed a six-year-old boy and critically injured two others on Monday, a security source said. Abu Zeid Salama, six, was killed outright and…
