Housing and Development Bank to invest EGP $900m in Helwan project
By Nasser Youssef The Housing and Development Bank (HDB) plans on building a moderately-priced, middle-class housing project in Helwan over 27 acres recently acquired from the government. An official at…
US praises Bahrain for report, as clampdowns continue
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report: the country is more stable, despite ‘nightly’ confrontations with police
Government attracts funding originally allocated for SMEs
By Nasser Youssef The government’s expansion of high interest bonds and treasury bills led to a decrease in financing for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), the support of which…
HSBC: China manufacturing shows ‘modest improvement’
Slowing economic growth in the United States and Europe's ongoing sovereign debt crisis have dented growth in China, the world's largest exporter
Qandil cabinet is more Islamist than it appears
In addition to the five Muslim Brotherhood ministers, the cabinet also includes two members who are not members of the group but could be seen as their allies
European stocks rebound before US jobs data
The European single currency jumped to $1.2285 from $1.2178 late on Thursday in New York
UN unifies to condemn own Security Council on Syria
Countries to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution include some of the most isolated states in the body’s membership
Sudan and S.Sudan strike oil deal
Sudan and South Sudan have hammered out a deal on how to share their oil wealth
El-Nour Party sidelined in cabinet
Second biggest party in the now-dissolved parliament boycotts Qandil’s cabinet
Over a thousand still ‘missing’ since 2011 uprising
Some individuals are abducted and released within hours while others remain abducted for months
