Naguib Sawiris
Sawiris: Dealings with Palestinian officials ended years ago
Egypt
July 31, 2012
Sawiris: Dealings with Palestinian officials ended years ago
Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris has denied any financial dealings with Mohamed Rashid, adviser to the late Palestinian President Yasser…
Palestinian attorney general demands freezing Rashid and Dahlan’s Orascom shares
Egypt
July 30, 2012
Palestinian attorney general demands freezing Rashid and Dahlan’s Orascom shares
Palestinian Attorney General Ahmed al-Mughni has called on Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris to freeze all shares in Orascom owned by…
Coptic leaders refuse to meet with Clinton
Egypt
July 15, 2012
Coptic leaders refuse to meet with Clinton
Coptic leaders have declined to meet with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying that she is recognizing sectarian divisions…
Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum
Egypt
July 15, 2012
Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum
The death of five-year-old Amar Mohammed Salah as fire tore through his shack in Boulaq, a central-Cairo slum on 27…
Morsy fails to reassure voters on civil state, telecom mogul says
Egypt
June 7, 2012
Morsy fails to reassure voters on civil state, telecom mogul says
Telecommunications mogul Naguib Sawiris says presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy has failed to assuage fears that he will impose a conservative…
Naguib Sawiris to drop EFG buyout: source
Business
June 5, 2012
Naguib Sawiris to drop EFG buyout: source
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris will drop out of a buy-out consortium targeting investment bank EFG Hermes after EFG shareholders backed…
Sawiris backs bid for EFG Hermes
Business
June 1, 2012
Sawiris backs bid for EFG Hermes
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is helping finance a takeover bid for Egypt's biggest investment bank EFG Hermes that would ensure…
France Telecom acquires 94% of Egypt’s Mobinil
Business
May 27, 2012
France Telecom acquires 94% of Egypt’s Mobinil
France Telecom acquired 94 percent of Egyptian mobile phone company Mobinil in a tender offer, Egypt's stock exchange said on…
Jihadist group threatens to attack satellite channel, kidnap hosts
Egypt
April 25, 2012
Jihadist group threatens to attack satellite channel, kidnap hosts
An extremist group has sent a letter threatening Egyptian satellite channel ONTV, saying it plans to attack its studios and…
Amid looming France Telecom buyout, stock exchange suspends trading of Mobinil and OTMT shares
Business
April 19, 2012
Amid looming France Telecom buyout, stock exchange suspends trading of Mobinil and OTMT shares
The Egyptian Stock Exchange has suspended trading of shares of mobile operator Mobinil and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT)…