Gold limps to 2012 with last quarter loss
LONDON/SINGAPORE: Gold rose on Friday, rebounding from the previous day's six-month lows as the dollar weakened, but the euro zone crisis that has kept investor cash out of the market…
Oil mixed in pre-holiday deals after rollercoaster year
LONDON: World oil prices traded mixed in light holiday deals on Friday, the end of a rollercoaster year for the market, and amid heightened tensions between the United States and…
Repeat of 2008-2009 unlikely for Abu Dhabi
Fitch Ratings says that the support extended this week to property developer Aldar demonstrates that contingent liabilities remain a risk to Abu Dhabi's balance sheet. But the emirate will not…
Interview: Egypt expects tourism rebound in 2012, security key
CAIRO: Egypt expects tourism revenues to rebound by more than a third next year if the country's security situation improves in the wake of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak…
Buttered Up: Chasing the scent of Suji Halwa
Pressing play, my sister begins showing the first few minutes of a home video — our trip to France and Italy in 1995. We throw our heads back in laughter,…
Viennese Cafe Icon Hawelka dead at 100
Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup…
To land Lisbeth, Rooney Mara needed her toughness
By Jake Coyle/AP It took Rooney Mara two and a half months and five screen tests to land the sought-after role of Lisbeth Salander. The competition for the fierce heroine of…
Japanese chocolate: rising star in Land of Rising Sun
Move over azuki and sweet sticky rice. While Japanese pastry chefs may have started using cocoa a few centuries after the West, this once foreign flavor has captivated Japan's confectionery…
US deeply concerned by Egypt raid on pro-democracy groups
WASHINGTON: The United States expressed deep concern on Thursday after Egyptian police raided 17 offices of pro-democracy and human rights groups, including several funded by the United States, and urged…
Rights groups urge Egypt to free jailed blogger
GENEVA; Thirty rights groups and activists united on Thursday in a call for Egypt to release a jailed blogger who has been staging a hunger strike since August. A military…