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Egyptian pound steady on official, slightly weaker on black markets
April 8, 2015
Egyptian pound steady on official, slightly weaker on black markets
Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at E7.53 to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Wednesday, while…
Shell offers 50 percent premium to buy BG for $70 billion
April 8, 2015
Shell offers 50 percent premium to buy BG for $70 billion
Royal Dutch Shell agreed to buy smaller rival BG Group for $70 billion (47 billion pound) in the first major…
Investor: 17 resorts shut down in Marsa Alam, Qusayr
April 8, 2015
Investor: 17 resorts shut down in Marsa Alam, Qusayr
Seventeen resorts in Marsa Alam and al-Qusayr, the Red Sea, out of 72 resorts have closed due to financial obstacles,…
Finance Ministry issues executive regulations of capital gain tax
April 8, 2015
Finance Ministry issues executive regulations of capital gain tax
Egypt’s Finance Ministry has approved a number of amendments to the executive regulations of the income-tax law to accommodate for…
Egypt’s market gains LE7.4 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 2.45 %
April 7, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE7.4 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 2.45 %
Egypt's market recovered on Tuesday's session in, with benchmark index EGX30 increasing 2.45 percent, reaching 8,716.37 points and a LE409.4…
EETC and JICA sign contract to expand Al-Zeit power transformers station
April 7, 2015
EETC and JICA sign contract to expand Al-Zeit power transformers station
Ahmed al-Hanafy, head of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, declared on Tuesday that a contract had been signed to expand…
EGX to list 3 petroleum companies with total capital of LE8.5 bn
April 7, 2015
EGX to list 3 petroleum companies with total capital of LE8.5 bn
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is coordinating with three new companies belonging to the petroleum sector to become listed on the…
Mobile phone operators accuse TE Data of stealing customers
April 7, 2015
Mobile phone operators accuse TE Data of stealing customers
Egypt’s three mobile phone service operators have accused the country’s sole landline phone operator, Telecom Egypt, of causing them to lose their…
Oil prices fall; Iran, China to discuss supplies
April 7, 2015
Oil prices fall; Iran, China to discuss supplies
Brent crude prices fell almost US$1 a barrel on Tuesday, with an Iranian delegation in Beijing this week to push…
Emaar’s Egypt unit signals chairman role change ahead of float
April 6, 2015
Emaar’s Egypt unit signals chairman role change ahead of float
Emaar Misr, the Egyptian unit of Dubai developer Emaar Properties, said on Monday investors would vote later this month on…