economy
Trade war, spy claims cloud horizon for China airshow
World
November 4, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 28, 2018
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
October 23, 2018
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
October 22, 2018
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
October 18, 2018
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
October 17, 2018
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…