privatization
Q&A: Investment Minister talks privatization, protests
Business
June 21, 2010
Q&A: Investment Minister talks privatization, protests
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Egypt’s first-ever investment minister, appears to know how to take a joke--and a bit of criticism. Visitors to…
Minister: Privatized firms’ debts to be settled next month
Business
June 20, 2010
Minister: Privatized firms’ debts to be settled next month
Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohi Eddin told parliament on Sunday that all debts owed by privatized companies would be paid back…
Saudi investor gets jail time for violating workers’ rights
Egypt
June 16, 2010
Saudi investor gets jail time for violating workers’ rights
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a Saudi Arabian investor to two years in prison after he was found guilty…
Ecuador threatens to take over foreign oil firms
World
April 18, 2010
Ecuador threatens to take over foreign oil firms
Quito--Ecuador will move to take over the operations of foreign oil companies in the country unless they sign new contracts…
Thursday’s papers: Privatizations collapsing
Egypt
April 8, 2010
Thursday’s papers: Privatizations collapsing
Several recently privatized companies are collapsing, says Al-Ahram's lead story today. According to the paper, the Ministry of Manpower and…
Egyptian workers rally for national minimum wage
Egypt
April 2, 2010
Egyptian workers rally for national minimum wage
A coalition of labor groups and NGOs will be demonstrating tomorrow 11 AM in downtown Cairo, calling for raising the…
Amonsito workers’ children stage protests
Egypt
March 8, 2010
Amonsito workers’ children stage protests
The children of the Amonsito Company striking textile workers staged a protest on Monday before the Egyptian parliament building in…
MPs lash out at govt privatization policies
Egypt
March 8, 2010
MPs lash out at govt privatization policies
During Monday's parliamentary session, MPs blasted the government-backed privatization process, which they blamed for the forced dismissal of thousands of…
Egyptian workers protest privatization
Egypt
March 3, 2010
Egyptian workers protest privatization
Protesting workers from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company ended a 15-day sit-in this week after reaching a compromise with…