Called to account
By Aziza Sami

To float or not to float
Egypt has to consider carefully its options before making a decision on an exchange rate regime. Niveen Wahish attended a conference which tackled the options

Barcelona process survives hijacking
The Middle East crisis overshadowed proceedings at the latest meeting of Mediterranean basin foreign ministers. Dina Ezzat anticipates the repercussions

The big gamble
Egypt is stepping boldly into the international bond market, but back home there are still a lot of questions about whether now is the time, writes Sherine Abdel-Razek

More cars needed
ARAB CAR manufacturers must coordinate their efforts towards technology transfer, minister of industry and technological development, Mustafa El-Rifa'i, said last week --read on--

Creativity's lifeline
In most countries of the world, software piracy is regarded as a crime depriving developers of the rewards of spending hundreds, possibly thousands, of hours designing products to benefit business by making it more efficient and competitive --read on--

Anti-pollution bank credit
Environment-friendly projects might eventually find more support from the banking sector, reports Sherine Nasr

Tourism increase
Overall tourism rates have improved- especially from Europe. Rehab Saad looks at the details of the latest report