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Egypt is facing financial crisis, says finance minister
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Egypt is facing financial crisis, says finance minister

Egypt is facing a financial crisis that only foreign funding could help alleviate in the short term, Minister of Finance…
Finance Minister: Borrowing is the solution for financial crisis
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Finance Minister: Borrowing is the solution for financial crisis

Local or foreign borrowing is the immediate solution to the financial crisis in Egypt, Finance Minister Hazem al-Beblawy said on…
New legislation needed to boost Egypt’s real estate market
Business

New legislation needed to boost Egypt’s real estate market

On the outskirts of Cairo, across the street from gated compounds where residents play golf on an 18-hole course, plush…
Suez Canal scores highest monthly profits in two years
Business

Suez Canal scores highest monthly profits in two years

August recorded the Suez Canal’s largest monthly profits since the start of the global financial crisis in November 2008, according…
Migrants’ remittances: Between expenditure and investment
Business

Migrants’ remittances: Between expenditure and investment

A study on remittances and investment opportunities for Egyptian migrants was released in mid-July by the International Organization for Migration…
Tuesday’s papers: People’s Assembly approves social solidarity bill
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: People’s Assembly approves social solidarity bill

State-owned newspapers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar lead with news that the People's Assembly has approved a new social solidarity bill, granting…
Greece presses ‘help’ button, markets still wary
World

Greece presses ‘help’ button, markets still wary

Greece--Prime Minister George Papandreou asked to tap the 45 billion euro (US$60.5 billion) package after investors feared a default and…
Dubai Holding sells 25% of shares in Hermes
Business

Dubai Holding sells 25% of shares in Hermes

The EGX 30 index of the Egyptian stock exchange Wednesday fell 3.6 percent, closing at 6132.6 points, down 234.9 points.…
IMF chief economist lectures Cairo on financial crisis
Business

IMF chief economist lectures Cairo on financial crisis

In a lecture delivered Monday at the American University in Cairo, Olivier Blanchard, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund…
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