Egypt’s Moussa campaigns for president, vows change

AL-SHURAFA: To the crack of AK-47 assault rifles fired by supporters into the night sky, Amr Moussa pledged to build a "new system" of government if elected president to succeed…

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Suez Canal July $449.2 mln, information portal

CAIRO: Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal rose 11 percent year on year to $449.2 million in July, up 0.9 percent from a month earlier, a government portal showed on Wednesday.…

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Egypt gives SODIC 6 months to finish project: report

CAIRO: Egypt's new towns authority has given SODIC, the country's third-biggest listed developer, a six-month grace period to finish part of its flagship Beverly Hills project, a newspaper reported on…

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TMG H1 profit falls 44 pct in political turmoil

CAIRO: Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG), Egypt's biggest listed developer, posted a 44 percent slide in first-half net profit to LE 371.2 million ($62.3 million), the bourse said on Wednesday. The…

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Egypt up; rebounds from global panic effect

CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark share index jumped 3 percent after three days of sharp declines that took shares to their lowest since April 2009. Share trading was halted on the Egyptian…

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Egypt’s urban inflation eases to lowest since December

CAIRO: Annual urban inflation in Egypt eased to 10.4 percent in July, its lowest in seven months, on the back of a slowdown in food prices which contributed to the…

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Suez Steel opens new plant to meet local demand

SUEZ: Egypt’s Prime Minister Essam Sharaf toured and inaugurated Tuesday a new rolling factory for the Suez Steel Co., an investment of LE 300 million ($50 million). The project, which…

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AfDB ready to invest $1.4 billion in Egypt

CAIRO: The African Development Bank (AfDB) is ready to commit around $1.4 billion to Egypt over the next 18 months, in addition to its ongoing portfolio, the bank’s president said.…

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Egypt FM: Syria heading to ‘point of no return’

CAIRO: Syria is heading to a "point of no return" and national reforms must be implemented to avoid foreign interference, Egypt's foreign minister said on Tuesday after almost five months…

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Egypt FM: Syria heading to ‘point of no return’

CAIRO: Syria is heading to a "point of no return" and national reforms must be implemented to avoid foreign interference, Egypt's foreign minister said on Tuesday after almost five months…

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