PwC completes acquisition of PRTM
CAIRO: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) completed the acquisition of global management consulting firm PRTM, the firm said in a statement. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The addition of PRTM's…
Arab ministers urge Libyans to avoid revenge
DOHA: The foreign ministers of leading Arab states called on the Libyan people on Tuesday to avoid revenge "for the sake of building a new Libya" after rebels overran Moammar…
Libya to honor all Gaddafi oil deals: Jehani
DUBAI: A Libyan rebel government would honor all the oil contracts granted during the Muammar Gaddafi era, including those of Chinese companies, Ahmed Jehani, a senior rebel representative for reconstruction…
Sinai Cement H1 net profit falls 27 pct
CAIRO: Egypt's Sinai Cement posted a 27 percent fall in 2011 first-half net profit to LE 269.9 million ($45.1 million), the stock exchange said on Tuesday. The firm made consolidated…
Egyptian Resorts to start marina build in Q4: paper
CAIRO: Egyptian Resorts in its joint venture with Orascom Development will start construction of their Sahl Hasheesh marina in the fourth quarter of 2011, newspaper Al-Mal reported on Wednesday. The…
Egypt’s unfinished revolution
By Dr. Ronald Meinardus CAIRO: Egypt’s revolutionaries of the first hour are looking back at the early days of the uprising with a sense of nostalgia, when Cairo’s Tahrir Square had…
Ex-IAEA official warns of Libya ‘dirty bomb’ material
VIENNA: A research center near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear "dirty bomb" and Libya's rebels will need to secure it, a…
Beyond NATO’s Libyan redemption
By Christopher R. Hill SINGAPORE: While NATO probably will not want to replicate its Libya intervention anywhere else anytime soon, it appears that the alliance, with a little help from its…
Three keys to Christian-Muslim rapprochement in the United States
By Michael Bos NEW YORK, New York: In September, attention will turn to the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and pundits will have their say about the significance of this tragic event.…
Gaza rocket lands in Egypt, border tension simmers
CAIRO: A woman was injured by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian town of Rafah on Wednesday, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported, as tension simmered…