Alcotexa sells 7,316 tons cotton in two weeks
CAIRO: Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 7,316 tons of cotton in the two weeks that ended on Feb. 5, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Monday.…
Egypt, Morocco debt insurance costs slip 17 bps: Markit
LONDON: The cost of insuring Moroccan and Egyptian sovereign debt against default or restructuring for five years slipped 17 basis points from Friday's close, debt monitor Markit said on Monday.…
Egypt finances face new tests as Europe reopens
CAIRO: Egypt's finances face more tests on Monday as the government seeks to sell $2.5 billion of short-term debt and banks reopen their doors to international transactions, but the stock…
Egypt ex-trade minister says Mubarak role ‘critical’
By Erika Solomon/Reuters DUBAI: Egypt's former trade minister, sacked with the rest of President Hosni Mubarak's cabinet in an attempt to quell mass protests, said Mubarak's participation in the country's government…
AlexBank says 1st day smooth, no run on cash
CAIRO: Egypt's AlexBank said on Sunday it had ended its first open day after a week-long bank closure caused by political unrest with a net cash surplus of LE 4…
Egyptian Nobel laureate Zewail: Mubarak must leave
By AP CAIRO: Egyptian-American scholar and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail added his weight Sunday to calls for President Hosni Mubarak to step down to help end the standoff with anti-government…
Egypt says embassies smuggling weapons amid revolt
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's foreign ministry accused diplomats on Sunday of trying to bring weapons and communications equipment into the restive country, which saw looting amid anti-government protests this month.…
Al-Jazeera reporter detained for 7 hours in Egypt
By Maggie Hyde /AP CAIRO: The Egyptian military detained a correspondent for Al-Jazeera's English-language news channel for seven hours in Cairo on Sunday, said the network, which has been targeted repeatedly…
Lessons from the Ukraine to Egypt
By Yuliya Tymoshenko KYIV: From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire…
Where are the Islamists?
By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: Sometime in the 1980’s, when the communist regime in Poland was facing serious challenges from disaffected masses, the regime’s official spokesman, Jerzy Urban, remarked to a…