Ahly prepares its substitute squad for Zamalek game
CAIRO: The Al Ahly team has announced that the squad that will face Zamalek tonight will be composed mainly of young, substitute players.The club won the league title a few…
Authors like King, Lethem trying comics
Associated PressAuthor Jonathan Lethem was a big fan of the comic Omega the Unknown when he was a boy growing up in Brooklyn, and he was pretty depressed when the…
At home chic magnifique
Maroquinerie and passementerie design and execution require talent and patience, especially in Egypt these days, to create a work of art that will not fall apart, is a feat in…
Economic reform helps attain 7 percent growth
Egypt s economic reform programs will help increase economic growth rates to 7 percent by the end of 2007, said Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Farouk El-Okda…
Orascom Telecom downgraded to "neutral"
HSBC downgraded Egypt s Orascom Telecom to neutral from overweight , saying the company had reported weak first-quarter results. The brokerage cut its price target on the telecommunications company to…
Local housing stocks pull market up
Local housing stocks bounced back on Thursday, more than offsetting the decline in market heavyweight Orascom Telecom, which closed at the lowest level since mid-December.Egyptian Resorts gained 1.7 percent to…
Egypt shuns US competitors, sends prices lower
KANSAS CITY: News that Egypt favored US competitors in its latest wheat purchase helped push hard red winter wheat futures lower at the Kansas City Board of Trade on Thursday…
Egypt, Angola Qatar secure seats on UN Human Rights Council
Associated PressUNITED NATIONS: Egypt, Angola and Qatar easily won seats on the council despite opposition from human rights groups that said they did not deserve a spot on the council…