Leaving the shadow of the man
By Tom Dale Commissioned by UN Women to make a film about women in Egypt, Hanan Abdalla felt the need to tell a story with “a sense of responsibility to two…
Foreign guarantors help plug emerging funding gap
By Carolyn Cohn / Reuters LONDON: With refinancing becoming a giant headache for sovereign debtors across the globe, some struggling emerging economies are securing guarantees from richer nations or multilateral development…
Yield dips at Egypt 266-day T-bill auction
By Reuters CAIRO: The yield on Egyptian treasury bills fell at an auction on Sunday, and the central bank sold the entire LE 3.5 billion ($579.8 million) worth it had…
Egypt Jul-Dec balance of payments in $8 bln deficit
By Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's central bank said on Sunday the country's balance of payments swung into a deficit of $8.0 billion in the last half of 2011 from a year earlier…
Commentary: Seeing the elephants in the room
By Richard Banks Two weeks ago, in London, Euromoney held its annual Bond Investor's Congress. We gathered some 300 major investors in the global bond markets — as well as government…
American real estate brand Re/Max forays into Egypt
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: With an eye on the country’s promising real estate market, North American real estate brand Re/Max has expanded its reach to Egypt, launching its first headquarters in…
A new platform of hope for Arab youth
By Ramakant Vempati and Justin Sykes DOHA: The Arab world today is home to millions of young people with hopes, plans and the desire to work. With more than 100 million…
Crucifixion double-cross
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely — Lord Acton in 1887 reflecting on Europe’s descent into despotism. Keeping stumm, only blurting out objections to mixed bathing…
Why fair trade?
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was founded in Britain in 1881 to restrict imports from foreign countries. In the…
Saving the Syrians
By Gareth Evans CANBERRA: Despite the United Nations Security Council’s belated endorsement of UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan’s peacemaking mission in Syria, confidence that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad will cooperate in…