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Decrease in revenues since 25 January pushes the Ministry of Antiquities to think outside the box: Mohamed Ibrahim

  /  September 30, 2013  /  Business, interviews  /  No Comments

Ibrahim said that the Ministry’s revenues decreased by 35% from EGP 1.273bn during the 2009-2010 fiscal year to EGP 772m during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

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Middle East funds set to boost investment in Egypt: survey

  /  September 30, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Fund managers in the Middle East are set to pump more money into Egypt, showed a Reuters survey

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OPEC helps finance Egyptian power station

  /  September 30, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

The announcement came after the signing of an official agreement stating that the OPEC fund will contribute $70m to the project.

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Tourism slumps 80% since August: tourism minister

  /  September 30, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Hisham Zaazou says Egypt has lost a possible $1bn due to the crisis since July

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What Security Investors Really Want

  /  September 30, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Highest among their concerns was not, as you might expect, the physical security situation.

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Civil Aviation Minister: steps being taken to raise the absorptive capacity of Egyptian airports to 40 million passengers by 2025

  /  September 29, 2013  /  Business, interviews  /  No Comments

Civil Aviation Minister Abdel Aziz Fadel stated that this move comes alongside efforts to further develop EgyptAir’s aircraft fleet.

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Bourse falls short of 5800-point target

  /  September 29, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Egyptian markets witness expected losses after steady climb

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Chambers of Commerce announce ways of curbing inflated prices

  /  September 29, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce: no alternative for “redeveloping trade” to adjust prices in the markets

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Construction sector gaining momentum

  /  September 29, 2013  /  Business  /  1 Comment

Several construction companies register profit despite Egypt’s ailing economy

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Abd al-Nur announces that industrial lands not to be included in bids and tenders law

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Abdel Nour added that Egypt’s government had recently entered into negotiations to pay back the debt held by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to mining companies, estimated to total $5.5bn, in order to provide incentive for international companies to increase their production within the country.

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Minister of Finance and acting American ambassador discuss business

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  1 Comment

Acting American ambassador says the United States is economically committed to Egypt

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Banha electrical power plant to begin providing services next month: Ministry of Electricity

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

The project will be implemented using a total of 17 multiple processes. This will be done to allow the largest number of local companies possible to take part in the project, whose total cost is estimated to reach EGP 4.450bn.

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EGP 8.816bn in electronic payments made in monthly taxes and customs duties payments

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

An additional 1,200 post offices have also begun taking part in the system, bringing the total number of participating payment stations to 4,520. He added that the system had been set up during July and August of last year.

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Uncertain future for Muslim Brotherhood’s businesses

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

The Brotherhood has no economic activities, says FJP head of economic committee Abdullah Shehata

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General Motors Egypt launches new product with EGP 180m investment

  /  September 28, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

The managing director of General Motors in Egypt and North Africa, Tarek Attia said that they are committed to more investments in the future.

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Central Bank economically reflects on Egypt’s BOP

  /  September 26, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Central Bank of Egypt: current account deficit retreated by 45% to reach $ 5.6bn from $10bn

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Minister of Finance reassures EFG-Hermes on economy prospects

  /  September 25, 2013  /  Business  /  1 Comment

Minister Ahmed Galal discussed in a conference call with EFG-Hermes the government’s plans to boost economy and encourage investors

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Travel bans to Egypt are lifted by three European countries

  /  September 25, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Holland, Belgium and Czech Republic removed their travel alerts

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Displaced Syrians give life to ghost industrial park

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Most are now shuttered, and residents of Aleppo displaced by the fighting between regime forces and rebels have set up home there as they struggle to survive.

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Government to take commodity price control measures

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Preliminary approval to set compulsory prices of vegetables and fruits if merchants fail to lower their prices within a week

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Saudi ready to cover any global oil shortage: minister

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Officials from Iraq, the second largest producer in oil cartel OPEC, were quoted on Monday as saying that the country had restored normal output after completing repair work on a pipeline leak.

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Government mandates high consumption factories to use renewable energy to meet half their needs

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  1 Comment

Ahmed Imam, Minister of Electricity and Energy, stated that the decision will seek to have high energy consuming factories meet 50% of their needs using new and renewable energy sources capable of producing 970 megawatts of energy.

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EGX 30 rises for the 8th consecutive day

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Investors seek the Egyptian bourse, leading liquidity to head to the stock market

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Private sector minimum wage negotiations to start next week

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Economic struggle of businessmen to be taken into consideration when setting the minimum income for private sector companies

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Oil prices slide on easing Middle East concerns

  /  September 24, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate, for November sank to $103 — the lowest point since 8 August.

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EIPR comments on new Swiss law to freeze, seize and recover smuggled assets

  /  September 23, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

EIPR, as part of its work on issues related to the recovery of smuggled funds, obtained an Arabic translation of the new law, saying that it included discussion on all issues related to the freezing, seizure and recovery of assets deposited by foreign dictators.

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European stock markets stable after Merkel win

  /  September 23, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Chancellor Merkel’s triumphant conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) won 41.5% of the vote.

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Egyptian market rises stably

  /  September 23, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

The stock market registered its highest gain in seven months

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Deposit withdrawals, strict procedures to protect banking sector: Bank Employees Union

  /  September 23, 2013  /  Business  /  No Comments

Business is proceeding as normal within banks, he said, adding that strict security measures had been taken at bank entrances and exits, in order to prevent acts of theft and robbery from taking place at various branches.

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Finance ministry hopes to cut budget deficit to 10% after minimum income implementation

  /  September 23, 2013  /  Business  /  2 Comments

The new law will cost the Treasury upwards of EGP20bn.

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