Acer's half-year revenues at $8 bln
CAIRO: Acer, a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer, saw strong growth in its financial results for the first half of 2008.Consolidated revenue came in at $8.14 billion, up 31 percent over…
Egypt's Central Bank ups interest rates to tackle record-high inflation
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed last Thursday to raise key interest rates as part of a renewed effort to address troubling inflationary concerns.In a…
Star Trek Online' is ready to beam up
Star Trek Online is finally going warp speed ahead.After years in development limbo, the Trek -themed massively multiplayer online game will engage, according to game developer Cryptic Studios Inc.Jack Emmert,…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: An English dish of Olympic meat
DEVON, England: The Chinese authorities may have had restaurants remove dog from menus in Beijing, but when it is London's turn to host the games in 2012, it will be…
India's Olympic Also-Rans
With the opening of the Beijing Olympics, many wonder whether China's grand coming-out party will also mark the occasion when it wrests dominance of the medal tally from the United…
The prophet and the commissars
Prophets, it is said, are supposed to be without honor in their homeland. Yet Moscow has just witnessed the extraordinary sight of Alexander Solzhenitsyn - the dissident and once-exiled author…
All citizens must be equal
When we re inside Sadaka Reut, I believe that everyone is good to each other, said Lena, describing her Arab-Israeli summer camp. But then we go out on to the…
Police brutality takes its toll on special needs victim
CAIRO: When Doctor Ilhamy Sultan began searching for his missing brother on the night of July 21, 2008, the last place he expected to find him was lying in a…
Rights group calls for investigation into mistreatment of 13 youths
CAIRO: Lawyers from the Hisham Mubarak Law Center presented a complaint to the public prosecutor on Saturday requesting that an investigation be opened into police mistreatment of protestors arrested in…
TMG shares drop amid rumors that chairman fled the country
CAIRO: Egyptian construction guru Hisham Talaat Moustafa, chairman of Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG), called for the drafting of legislation criminalizing rumor mongering in the Egyptian stock market to protect Egypt's…