Deutsche shifts top Mideast ECM banker to London: sources
DUBAI: Deutsche Bank is moving its top Middle East equity banker to London from Dubai, the bank confirmed, the latest in a string of moves by international banks prompted by…
Orascom chairman sees spin-off by year-end
CAIRO: Orascom Telecom hopes to complete a spin-off of businesses not included in a takeover by Vimpelcom by year-end, its executive chairman said, playing down the risks from a legal…
Egypt finance minister says resignation made point
CAIRO: Egypt's finance minister said Wednesday his offer to resign succeeded in sending a message of protest over the military's handling of deadly clashes on Sunday in Cairo even if…
Harry Potter studio to open for public tour
The magical world of Harry Potter is being meticulously reassembled at a former aerodrome near London. The collection of sheds and sound stages is where the eight films were shot…
Oman opens first Gulf opera house
The Royal Opera House of Oman, the first of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula, was officially opened on Wednesday by the country's ruler Sultan Qaboos, himself a music enthusiast.…
Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world
With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading. …
Buttered Up: Poached pears shrouded in red
This week in Egypt carries the weight of crisp white cotton shrouds and the shiny wooden caskets of those we lost. Silence descends as I listen to the news, to…
Tunisian leader vaunts ‘success’ of reform council
TUNIS: Tunisia's interim president Foued Mebazaa on Thursday congratulated a top-level council for "succeeding in its mission" of steering through political and electoral reforms as it wound up its work.…
Malawi urged to arrest Bashir at trade summit
BLANTYRE: Malawi should arrest Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir on an international war crimes warrant if he visits the country for a trade summit this week, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.…
Saudi Arabia says to hold Iran accountable
VIENNA: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it would hold Iran accountable for any hostile actions and condemned what it called a "dastardly" plot to kill the Arab kingdom's envoy to…