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Mehleb to BP: Paying our dues to foreign companies is our top priority
March 15, 2015
Mehleb to BP: Paying our dues to foreign companies is our top priority
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and the Egyptian Petroleum Minister met on Sunday with British Petroleum (BP) CEO Bob Dudley at…
Egyptian pound steady on official market, stronger on black market
March 15, 2015
Egyptian pound steady on official market, stronger on black market
Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at LE7.53 to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Sunday while…
UPDATED: Reports conflicting on the financier of Egypt’s new capital
March 15, 2015
UPDATED: Reports conflicting on the financier of Egypt’s new capital
Conflicting reports have emerged over the identity of the Emirati company that will finance the US$45 billion new administrative capital…
VISA: 30 million Egyptians carry out financial transactions outside legal channels
March 15, 2015
VISA: 30 million Egyptians carry out financial transactions outside legal channels
The MENA Regional Manager of VISA Inc., Tareq al-Husseiny, has announced that his company had prepared a draft strategy for…
Minister: Egypt aims for tourism revenue of up to $9.5bn in 2015
March 15, 2015
Minister: Egypt aims for tourism revenue of up to $9.5bn in 2015
Egypt aims to receive 11-11.5 million tourists in 2015 and generate revenue of $9-$9.5 billion, new tourism minister Khaled Rami…
LE500 million from Long Live Egypt to be allocated for slum upgrading
March 15, 2015
LE500 million from Long Live Egypt to be allocated for slum upgrading
Mahmoud Abdel Latif, CEO of the Long Live Egypt fund (306306), has announced the plan to merge it with the…
Old Sharm el-Sheikh had 3 hotels guarded by 6 policemen
March 15, 2015
Old Sharm el-Sheikh had 3 hotels guarded by 6 policemen
Sharm el-Sheikh’s residents and visitors never expected tourism would develop the small diving camp so quickly over the past 35…
10 facts on the new administrative capital
March 15, 2015
10 facts on the new administrative capital
On Friday, the world’s attention was turned to Sharm el-Sheikh city where President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the Egypt Economic…
Naguib Sawiris on investments, taxes
March 15, 2015
Naguib Sawiris on investments, taxes
Businessman Naguib Sawiris told Al-Masry Al-Youm in an interview that his family had decided to inject fresh investments worth US$5…
EFSA chief talks investments, EEDC
March 15, 2015
EFSA chief talks investments, EEDC
Sherif Sami, Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), said that the Sharm el-Sheikh economic summit is a “display…