MENA petrochemical companies to see better margins: Credit Suisse
LONDON: Middle East and North African (MENA) petrochemical companies will see better margins within the next two quarters and operating rates are likely to inch higher even as a severe…
Libya Stock Exchange to resume trading by end-Feb
TRIPOLI: Libya's Stock Exchange hopes to resume trading by the end of the month after being shut down during last year's conflict, and five public share offerings are planned for…
IEA cuts 2012 oil demand growth forecast yet again
LONDON: Global oil demand will grow by less than 1 percent in 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday, cutting its oil growth demand forecast for a sixth…
Dented economy haunts Egypt a year after revolt
CAIRO: A year after Egypt overthrew Hosni Mubarak, the poor state of the once growing economy of the Arab world's most populous nation poses a threat to its restive transition…
Will Adele be the belle of the Grammy ball?
Adele is the rare star who doesn't need multiple magazine covers, a cosmetics contract or a clothing line to sell albums. She does it all based on the strength of…
French revolution film in Berlin conjures Arab Spring
"Farewell My Queen," a sumptuous costume drama about the beginnings of the French Revolution, opened the Berlin film festival on Thursday and had audiences drawing parallels with the "Arab Spring"…
Buttered Up: A roasted tomato macaroni for the unpresent
I know a boy with a golden smile that outshines his speckled eyes and curly locks woven with tones of clear honey and pale lager. A deliberately early riser, he…
Muslim Americans reach out to unregistered voters
WASHINGTON, DC: In a 2009 report by Gallup entitled Muslim Americans: A National Portrait, surveyors found that only 51 percent of Muslim American youth (ages 18 to 29) were registered…
No escape from empire’s graveyard
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: With the stage set for secret talks in Qatar between the United States and the Taliban, US President Barack Obama’s strategy for a phased exit from…
Virtual Arab-Israeli peace conference offers hope
By Ruth Eglash JERUSALEM: Just days after long-time Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiators Yitzhak Molcho and Saeb Erekat clashed yet again at a meeting in Jordan, thousands of young people from across the…