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Investors look to January effect at start of 2016

Investors look to January effect at start of 2016

As Wall Street wraps up its flattest year since 2011, investors will have to deal with many of the same…
Egyptian pound steady at official auction and black market

Egyptian pound steady at official auction and black market

Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.7301 pounds to the dollar at its official foreign currency auction on…
Global stocks mixed after Wall Street falls on cheaper oil

Global stocks mixed after Wall Street falls on cheaper oil

Global stocks were mixed in thin trading Thursday after the latest decline in oil prices pulled Wall Street lower. Markets…
Cairo, Riyadh to sign 12 investment deals on Jan. 5

Cairo, Riyadh to sign 12 investment deals on Jan. 5

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will sign 12 memorandums for Saudi investments in Cairo as a joint committee by both countries…
Egypt’s current account deficit soars in first quarter

Egypt’s current account deficit soars in first quarter

Egypt's current account deficit more than doubled to US$4 billion in the first quarter of its financial year as tourism…
Mideast stocks: Saudi Arabia little changed, broad rise in Egypt

Mideast stocks: Saudi Arabia little changed, broad rise in Egypt

Dec 30 Saudi Arabia's stock index moved sideways early on Wednesday as a negative reaction to austerity measures in the…
Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF’s Lagarde

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF’s Lagarde

Global economic growth will be disappointing next year and the outlook for the medium-term has also deteriorated, the head of…
Saudi economic shake-up shows it is planning for cheap oil

Saudi economic shake-up shows it is planning for cheap oil

Saudi Arabia's planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world's largest crude exporter is bracing for a…
Dollar gains vs euro on risk appetite, oil gains lift ruble

Dollar gains vs euro on risk appetite, oil gains lift ruble

The US dollar gained against the euro on Tuesday after greater risk appetite hurt demand for the shared currency and…
Govt sale of public companies’ assets a possible backdoor to privatization

Govt sale of public companies’ assets a possible backdoor to privatization

The government, through the Investment Ministry, is apparently going through a backdoor to privatization policies by expanding in selling lands…
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