Actuaries hold the key to the future of insurance
CAIRO: Is it worthwhile to think whether that percentage cut from your salary every month for social security will eventually amount to a decent retirement benefit? This might also be…
Egyptian inflation fell to 11.7 pct yr/yr in April
CAIRO: Consumer inflation in Egypt fell to 11.7 percent in the year to April, from 12.8 percent in March, Economic Development Minister of State Osman Mohamed Osma said on Thursday,…
Housing pushes Egyptian stocks to one-year highs
CAIRO: The two main Egyptian stock indexes hit one-year highs on Thursday as a buying frenzy continued to drive up prices in the housing and real estate sectors. The widely…
Watany Bank Q1 net profit jumps 78 pct
Al Watany Bank reported a 78 percent jump in net profit in the first quarter of 2007 to LE 44.1 million ($7.8 million), the stock exchange said in a statement…
Draw, cut, action, click and let the magic begin
Animation today is associated with expensive box office productions, computerization, and Disney/Pixar morality tales with threads of simple love stories. Easy to watch, yes, for about LE 20 at the…
Ex-chairman Mortada Mansour is sentenced to three years
CAIRO: On Wednesday May 2, Mortada Mansour, former chairman of Al-Zamalek Sports Club and ex-parliament member, was charged with a three year jail sentence by the Dokki Misdemeanors Court.Mansour was…
Judges withdraw confidence from Judge's club
CAIRO: Judges in Assiut, Minya and El-Mahalla disapproved of the position that their Judges Clubs presidents who support the new judges law pushing the retirement age up to 70, reported…
Gunmen storm independent radio station in latest attack against media in Iraq, two dead
Associated PressBAGHDAD: Gunmen stormed the offices of an independent radio station in a predominantly Sunni area in Baghdad, killing two employees and wounding five before bombing the building and knocking…
An Egyptian magazine: Why are almost no Egyptian secret agents arrested in Israel?
CAIRO: At a time when many Egyptian agents working clandestinely for Israel are falling into the trap of the Egyptian intelligence services, many are asking why the Jewish state continues…
CT scan shows Pittsburgh museum's Egyptian child mummy has spearlike object inside body, inbetween spine and skull
PITTSBURGH: A CT scan of an ancient Egyptian child s mummified body on display at a Pittsburgh museum has revealed a spear like object within the upper spine and skull,…
