Economy
Investors look to January effect at start of 2016
January 1, 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
January 1, 2016
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
December 31, 2015
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
December 31, 2015
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
December 30, 2015
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
December 30, 2015
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
December 30, 2015
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
December 29, 2015
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
December 29, 2015
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
December 29, 2015
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…