business
Telecom Egypt looking to buy Vodafone Egypt
Business
May 22, 2010
Telecom Egypt looking to buy Vodafone Egypt
Vodafone International is currently in negotiations to sell Vodafone Egypt, with the value of the sale estimated at approximately LE24.3…
Egyptian billionaire sells dept store
Business
May 9, 2010
Egyptian billionaire sells dept store
Mohamed Al Fayed, an Egyptian billionaire living in Britain, has sold the Harrods Department Store in London to the Qatar…
First non-Latin internet domain names activated
Egypt
May 7, 2010
First non-Latin internet domain names activated
Three Mideast countries have become the first to get internet addresses entirely in non-Latin characters. Domain names in Arabic for…
Are social media users in the Arab world different?
Egypt
March 27, 2010
Are social media users in the Arab world different?
“Definitely,” answers Fouad Jeryes, who works with the Arab social media and content sharing platform D1G–whose name reads in Arabic…
US pay czar to limit executive salaries at General Motors
World
March 20, 2010
US pay czar to limit executive salaries at General Motors
Washington DC--The U.S. pay czar will slash the number of top General Motors Co executives who will receive base salaries…
Saudi legal reforms may take years to show impact
World
March 17, 2010
Saudi legal reforms may take years to show impact
Riyadh--Plans to modernize Saudi Arabia's legal system -- key to reassuring foreign investors -- will take years due to a…
Egypt’s political stability turning to liability?
Egypt
March 8, 2010
Egypt’s political stability turning to liability?
Egypt's calcified politics has long been judged an asset in a turbulent region but as President Hosni Mubarak ages in…
Egypt’s energy investments safe, says Algeria
Business
December 2, 2009
Egypt’s energy investments safe, says Algeria
The Algerian energy minister confirmed that energy projects implemented in collaboration between Algerian fuel company Sonatrach and its Egyptian counterparts…
The Turks are back
Business
November 17, 2009
The Turks are back
There was a time when Turkish products in Egypt were limited to the Paşabahçe glass products sold door-to-door – and…