CAIRO: Egypt s regulator will reject France Telecom offers for outstanding shares in mobile operator Mobinil if the price is not equivalent to that set in an earlier arbitration ruling, the daily Al-Mal reported on Sunday.
Otherwise, France (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood will avoid confrontation over attempts to install President Hosni Mubarak's son as president because it fears a crackdown by the authorities could destroy the Islamic group.
But the group, Egypt's most powerful (...)
CAIRO: Member states of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) voted to locate their headquarters in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt s state news agency MENA said on Monday.
MENA said the UAE, which defeated Austria and Germany, had (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian developer Palm Hills will focus on maximizing returns from its existing land bank and aims for recurring revenue projects such as malls, hotels and leasing to contribute 30 percent of revenue within five years.
The company is (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Traders Co has paid back $9.6 million it received from Egypt's state wheat buyer for a shipment of Russian grain that it has been ordered to re-export over quality concerns, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Wheat shipments from (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s central bank aims to sell majority stakes in two commercial banks by the end of 2011, governor Farouk El-Okdah said on Wednesday.
The governor told a news conference that United Bank should be floated in 2011, and that a majority (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes edged up on Sunday, driven by a rally on the real estate sector led by shares in Talaat Moustafa, which gained 5.1 percent after plunging 14.5 percent in the last trading session.
The firm s former chairman was (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian unit of Abu Dhabi-listed Dana Gas said on Wednesday it is in advanced negotiations with Egypt to build a "gas city that will attract over $20 billion in investments over the long term.
"Gas cities are large, gas-fed industrial (...)
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt fell to 11.7 percent in the year to April from 12.1 percent in the year to March, Egypt s state-run statistics agency CAPMAS said on Saturday.
The figure is the lowest in 14 months.
The nationwide (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock indexes followed global stocks up on Thursday as growing confidence saw foreign investors buy into blue chip stocks.
World stocks rose more than one percent on Thursday to their 2009 highs as investors bet on a (...)
CAIRO: AlMasria Universal Airlines plans to start Egypt s first private commercial airline this year despite a global slump in the industry, flying to 20 destinations with Airbus planes, its president said on Tuesday.
Hassan Aziz, a former pilot, (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian share indexes declined on Monday as foreign investors sold blue chips to lock in profits on worries international markets might not sustain a current rally, a trader said.
Many Asian and European centers are still closed for the (...)
CAIRO: Unemployment in Egypt fell to 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 from 9.1 percent a year earlier, state news agency MENA said on Sunday.
There were 2.209 million people unemployed out of a workforce of 24.995 million, it (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes edged higher on Tuesday, led by market heavyweight Orascom Telecom (OT) despite a flurry of profit taking late in the session, traders said.
OT said on Monday its 2008 net profit after minority interest declined 76 (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian indexes fell on Thursday led by selling of Orascom Construction Industries and Orascom Telecom, as foreign investors took their lead from US and European markets that declined a day earlier, traders said.
On Wednesday grim US (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark CASE 30 index was little changed on Sunday as local investors bought into small cap shares, balancing out some light selling on blue chips by foreigners, traders said.
Local retail investors were all trading on small caps (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian government plans to cut import tariffs on some capital and intermediary goods to zero percent from between 2 and 5 percent to boost investment, the daily newspaper Al Masry Al Youm said on Tuesday.
The changes will affect a (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian developer SODIC expects high demand for new housing to continue, eliminating the chances of a housing bust, its managing director said on Tuesday.
We haven t begun to scratch the surface in terms of really being able to adjust for (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark index rose on Tuesday as institutional investors bought up shares in blue chip stocks, encouraged by a rebound on European stocks.
European stocks were slightly up about midday, led by pharmaceutical and telecoms (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes rose for a second day on Wednesday as foreign investors continued to buy up blue chip shares at attractive prices after a sharp drop in the market earlier in the week.
The benchmark CASE 30 index, which on Monday (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock indexes fell for a fourth straight day on Thursday, with foreign investors selling heavily on fears of a further global economic slowdown, brokers said.
We re all waiting to see what ll happen with the Federal Reserve (...)
CAIRO: Major Egyptian stock indexes fell on Wednesday for the second session in a row on heavy foreign selling of big cap stocks and global market volatility, traders said.
Market heavyweights Orascom Telecom (OT) and Orascom Construction (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes rose for a second day on Thursday, boosted by strong results by market heavyweight Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and an influx of foreign investors buying into blue-chips, traders said.
There are (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark CASE 30 index continued to rebound for a second session on foreign buying on Sunday, correcting a fall that saw indexes hit year lows last week, traders said.
The index gained 2.09 percent to close at 8,149.65 points (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian benchmark index declined on Monday, led by selling on index heavyweights Orascom Construction Industries and Orascom Telecom with investors wary after a sharp drop last week, traders said.
Everyone s looking for an exit (...)