Management restructuring key to success
CAIRO: When Farida Khamis started working regularly at her family business, Oriental Weavers (OW), she faced two challenges: like any businesswoman in the country, her first was to attain credibility…
Kuwait's NBK wants to buy Egyptian bank next year
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: National Bank of Kuwait is looking to buy an Egyptian bank with a strong retail business next year and hopes to push into the United Arab Emirates…
Spurring development
CAIRO: Ask any random passer by on an Egyptian street if they are familiar with the name Sawiris, and the answer will be more often than not a definite yes…
Local holiday destinations offer more than affordable prices
CAIRO: There are many things Egyptians can look forward to with the onset of summer: ideal weather, outdoor cafes, a jump-start to the summer and an abundance of holidays. "Spring…
Strict security measures invoked to secure Sharm and Hurghada
CAIRO: Security forces embarked upon a widespread campaign to deport low-rank and construction workers from the Red Sea cities of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada prior to the beginning of the…
Bird-flu death does not signal renewed danger, says health ministry
CAIRO: A new human death from the H5N1 avian influenza virus does not signal increased danger of an epidemic, according to health officials. "The woman in question died because she…
Detention for activists extended a third time
CAIRO: On Saturday, two groups of detainees from earlier demonstrations saw their time in prison extended. A group of activists detained in April and another group detained two weeks ago…
Muslim Brotherhood pushes for investigations
CAIRO: Disputes between the Interior Ministry and Muslim Brotherhood members of parliament have intensified as the latter insist on a thorough investigation into what they call "the events of Black…
Libyan wedding in Egypt
ŠΘ###Nawal El Degwy, Dr Abdel Aziz Hegazy and Mrs Wagih El Degwy##Waleed Tawfik entertained the guests who danced all night along. Here he is with the bride and groom
Key Sinai bombing suspect killed in blast
CAIRO: A leader of an Islamist group blamed for a spate of deadly attacks in tourist resorts in the Sinai Peninsula over the past two years was killed in an…