Egyptian women show off inspiring vocal skills
By Maha ElNabawi Over the past months, Egypt-US relations have been put on the line as a result of the arbitrary raid on pro-democracy NGOs, including mostly American-funded organizations. The clampdown…
Seeking a new horizon for Palestinian prisoners
By Shawqi Issa The thorny issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has numerous angles. First, it is a humanitarian cause. Many of the prisoners have spent decades, some more…
The sustainability mindset
By Michael Spence MILAN: Markets and capitalist incentives have great strengths in promoting economic efficiency, growth, and innovation. And, as Ben Friedman of Harvard University argued persuasively in his 2006 book…
Europe’s empty fiscal compact
By Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE: The driving force of Europe’s economic policy is the “European project” of political integration. That goal is reflected in the European Union’s current focus on creating a…
Free trade ad nauseam
By Jagdish Bhagwati NEW YORK: So much has been written, by so many, against the muddled ideas that have now overwhelmed good sense on trade policy in the United States government…
Gold slips as euro zone worries lift dollar
By Jan Harvey / Reuters LONDON: Gold slipped on Monday as concerns over Greece's progress on completing a debt restructuring deal and poor euro zone data lifted the dollar versus the…
Dubai plans to securitize airport duty free revenues: sources
By Praveen Menon / Reuters DUBAI: Dubai plans to raise funds by selling debt based on future revenues at Dubai Duty Free, one of the world's largest airport retailers, according to…
Maridive 2011 net profit drops 32 percent
By Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's Maridive and Oil Services, the biggest oil services company by fleet size in the Middle East, reported a 32 percent drop in net profit in 2011,…
GB Auto says Q4 net rises 8 pct
By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Pfeiffer / Reuters CAIRO: Egyptian vehicle distributor GB Auto reported an 8 percent rise in its fourth-quarter net income on Monday as soaring sales of its…
Egypt attracts solid demand for 7-year government bonds
By Tom Pfeiffer and Mohamed Samir / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt attracted solid demand at an auction of seven-year treasury bonds on Monday amid optimism that foreign donors will help ease the…