Shares flat, EFG-Hermes drags after results

CAIRO: Shares ended flat on Thursday with investment bank EFG-Hermes dropping after posting 2006 net income of $123 million, double what it earned in 2005 and in line with market…

Reuters

BUSINESS RECAP: Government to settle public company debt by mid-2008

CAIRO: Minister of Investment (MOI) Mahmoud Moheiddin announced Saturday the government plans to settle LE 10 million in remaining public company debt by June, 2008. About LE 2.5 billion of…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Egypt Air launches online booking, evens local and foreign pricing

Pricing official: domestic prices to fall by 20 percent with Expresslaunch in JuneCAIRO: Egypt Air announced Thursday the official launch of its online portal for booking travel and tracking cargo…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Aboul Gheit hopes for ending isolation of Palestinians

CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit spoke out Thursday on hopes for overcoming the isolation imposed by the international community on the Palestinians after the formation of the coming government…

Agencies

Human rights expert says occupation resembles apartheid

Associated Press GENEVA: An independent report commissioned by the United Nations compares Israel s actions in the West Bank and Gaza to apartheid South Africa - charges that drew angry…

Daily News Egypt

Living the dolce vita, outside of Cairo

There are places in North America where children can ride their bikes freely, the scent of freshly-cut grass is omnipresent, birds sing a happy tune, and neighbors send each other…

Deena Douara

Change your diet to increase your chances of having a baby

Conception is a miraculous event, orchestrated by a multitude of factors that culminate in fertilization of the female egg with the male sperm and nine months later, the birth of…

Daily News Egypt

The game of kings is regal in Cairo

"Let other people play at other things. The king of games is still the game of kings. This quote carved in stone, is of course referring to the glamorous sport…

Farah El Alfy

Taking culinary sophistication to another level

First round-the-clock Arab food channel hits the satelliteAfter the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al Hariri, Lebanon once again found itself in the midst of an all too…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein