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Trade war, spy claims cloud horizon for China airshow
World

Trade war, spy claims cloud horizon for China airshow

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Trade frictions with the United States and accusations of industrial espionage are set to cast a cloud…
Economist: N Korea eyeing Swiss, Singaporean-style success
World

Economist: N Korea eyeing Swiss, Singaporean-style success

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is exploring a grand plan to become a regional transportation hub, inspired in…
World’s first specialized free zone for textile industry underway in Minya
Economy

World’s first specialized free zone for textile industry underway in Minya

The first specialized free zone for the textile industry in the world is underway in Minya Governorate on an area…
Egypt government to increase electricity prices in July
Egypt

Egypt government to increase electricity prices in July

The Egyptian cabinet’s media center said on Monday that the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy will increase electricity prices…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East

Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran
Middle East

Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil…
Egyptian police arrest writer for publishing false book on Egypt’s economy
Egypt

Egyptian police arrest writer for publishing false book on Egypt’s economy

  The Supreme State Security Prosecution on Monday began interrogating writer and economist Abdel Khalek Farouk for publishing false information…
Egypt selected ‘Africa’s best investment destination’ for second year in row: Rand Merchant Bank
Business

Egypt selected ‘Africa’s best investment destination’ for second year in row: Rand Merchant Bank

  Egypt’s Minister of Investment Sahar Nasr praised Rand Merchant Bank’s (RMB) choice of Egypt as the best investment destination…
China not manipulating currency but lacks transparency, US says
Economy

China not manipulating currency but lacks transparency, US says

Washington on Wednesday again declined to call China a currency manipulator but said the yuan’s fall and Beijing’s exchange practices…
Standard Chartered expects 5.5% growth for Egypt in 2019
Economy

Standard Chartered expects 5.5% growth for Egypt in 2019

Standard Chartered projected on Tuesday that the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of Egypt will rise by 5.5 percent…
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