The legality of closing down CBC
Emad Mubarak: The Investment Authority can threaten or close down satellite channels which breach contracts, but judgment cannot be based on ethical nature of content presented
US dollar soars to 8.25 Egyptian pounds on black market
New rate only weeks after hitting high at official exchange rates
Cargas inks EGP 5m deal to fund conversion of 1,000 vehicles to natural gas
Agreement represents sixteenth signed between Cargas and Social Fund For Development
Egypt seeks $465m Arab Monetary Fund loan
Delegation includes Minister of Finance Al-Morsi Hegazy and Central Bank of Egypt Governor Hesham Ramez
Hermes plans partnership with QInvest
Company revenues rose 8% throughout 2012, with growth in Hermes’ investment banking sector rising 4%, totaling EGP 694m
E-Finance seeks to increase benefit card users to 4.5m
The E-Finance company hopes to increase the number of benefit card users to 4.5m by the end of 2013, with plans to release 10,000 cards next week.
Presidency denies filing complaint against Bassem Youssef
In statement in English, the presidency denied filing charges against Youssef after the US State Department and comedian Jon Stewart criticised Egypt for investigating Egyptian satirist
Tony Buzan conference: ‘Replace fear of the unknown with creativity’
Renowned educational expert Ramon Vullings urges the cultivation of ‘nearlings’ to promote inventiveness: mistakes started with the right intention which nearly produced the desired result
Economic experts condemn cooking gas cylinder price rises
One expert warns Egypt already in midst of ‘a revolution of the hungry’, another calls the price rises ‘a ticking time bomb which will explode in the face of the…
ECS: Egypt exports to the US under GSP programme total $50m
Egyptian Commercial Service president Anwar Sahragti highlights benefit of trade programme