Haykala concludes two steel acquisitions
CAIRO: Haykala Investment Managers has acquired controlling stakes in the Sixth of October Light Sections Company (SOLS) and the Sixth of October for Metallurgical Industries Company (SOMICO), according to a…
White goods giants make power pact
CAIRO: What happens when one white goods heavyweight from the east joins hands with another from the west? The odds are; presence in every household around the globe. That is…
Water company to file lawsuit against Trade Ministry
CAIRO: Al-Fardous water company is planning to file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Trade and Industry for claiming the factory's 19-liter water containers are noncompliant with set standards, Ismail…
THE REEL ESTATE: Riding into the west
Near the end of 1991, I watched my first western film: "Dances With Wolves. At the age of nine, I took my first steps into the infinite realms of American…
A wonderful day in the neighborhood
Good fences make good neighbors, the American poet Robert Frost once wrote, and he oughta know. The failed farmer-turned-schoolteacher was a professional Puritan who spent his lifetime not hugging people,…
A Bollywood bride for Sarkozy?
Ever since French President Nicolas Sarkozy took himself off his country's most-eligible-bachelor list by publicly acknowledging his affair with supermodel-turned-pop-musician Carla Bruni during a romantic trip to Euro Disney, he's…
Lebanon and the Syrian-Israeli track
Are there prospects for peace between Syria and Israel? We re at a nail biting stage where the US administration seems intent on continuing the siege on Syria, and the…
In Focus: Egypt and the EU: A Whirlwind
Perhaps the most gripping aspect of the recent dispute between Egypt and the European Union over a European Parliament resolution criticizing Egypt's human rights situation, is how poorly the crisis…
Hegazy case postponed, again
CAIRO: A Cairo court on Tuesday postponed till Jan. 29 the final verdict on the case of Mohamed Hegazy, a Muslim who converted to Christianity. Hegazy's lawyer had requested a…
Christians should not use conversion for divorce, says Al-Azhar
CAIRO: Religious scholars at Al-Azhar have issued a fatwa forbidding conversion from Christianity to Islam for the sole purpose of getting a divorce.Some Coptic Christians in Egypt, who are not…