Business
Urban planning expert: Cairo needs another 24,000 hotel rooms
August 12, 2010
Urban planning expert: Cairo needs another 24,000 hotel rooms
Cairo needs some 24,000 hotel rooms in addition to the existing 36,000 rooms in order to accommodate international events, according…
Egyptian tea imports from Kenya disrupted by ship collision
August 12, 2010
Egyptian tea imports from Kenya disrupted by ship collision
Nairobi--Some Kenyan tea export schedules have been disrupted after a ship carrying a cargo of tea collided with another vessel…
Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat
August 12, 2010
Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat
The state-run General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) on Wednesday contracted 120,000 tons of French wheat at US$312 per ton,…
Government begins reduction of subsidized energy
August 12, 2010
Government begins reduction of subsidized energy
The Egyptian government began its plan to eliminate energy subsidies to most industrial sectors late last month, to the dismay…
Weather and consumer habits exacerbate Ramadan price-rise worries
August 11, 2010
Weather and consumer habits exacerbate Ramadan price-rise worries
In August, Egypt's Consumer Protection Agency reported a 43 percent increase in food prices, a phenomenon closely associated with the…
Russia vows to reschedule wheat shipments to Egypt despite export ban
August 10, 2010
Russia vows to reschedule wheat shipments to Egypt despite export ban
The government on Tuesday declared that it was satisfied with an announcement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov that…
Egypt July inflation steady, monthly rate highest since 2008
August 10, 2010
Egypt July inflation steady, monthly rate highest since 2008
Urban consumer inflation in Egypt was steady at 10.7 percent in the 12 months to July, the state-run CAPMAS statistics…
Renovations keep foreign, Arab carriers out of Cairo airport
August 9, 2010
Renovations keep foreign, Arab carriers out of Cairo airport
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has turned down a number of requests by foreign and Arab airlines to operate regular…
Egypt and US cooperate to protect Afghanistan’s wheat
August 9, 2010
Egypt and US cooperate to protect Afghanistan’s wheat
The governments of the US, Egypt and Afghanistan governments will tomorrow celebrate the signing of a cooperation agreement that seeks…
Daqahlia’s poor scramble for Ramadan bags
August 9, 2010
Daqahlia’s poor scramble for Ramadan bags
Daqahlia--Around 6000 Egyptians have been gathered in front of Mansoura Stadium since yesterday morning, waiting for their share of food…