CAIRO — Drivers passing Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo curse the protesters.
On radio shows, callers question whether the youth activists and others involved in the new wave of demonstrations over the past week are nationalists, selfish children (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Drivers passing Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo curse the protesters.
On radio shows, callers question whether the youth activists and others involved in the new wave of demonstrations over the past week are nationalists, selfish (...)
CAIRO — Egypt's benchmark stock index rebounded on Wednesday, ending a 10-day losing streak as investors stepped in for bargains after escalating protests against the military rulers and violence battered the market and raised questions about the (...)
CAIRO — Egypt's benchmark stock index extended its decline for a second consecutive day and airport officials reported a sharp drop Monday in international passenger arrivals as deadly clashes in the capital cast fresh doubts about the country's (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's benchmark stock index tumbled more than 2 percent on Sunday as clashes between protesters and security forces entered their second day, rattling investor confidence in the country's already stumbling economy.
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CAIRO (AP) — A work slowdown by air traffic controllers delayed scores of flights Thursday and left passengers stranded for many hours in Cairo's international airport, wreaking havoc in the latest example of cascading labor unrest that officials (...)
UNITED NATIONS: Tunisia's foreign minister said Tuesday his government is ready for Oct. 23 elections, the first since a rebellion overthrew the country's longtime dictator sparking an unprecedented wave of pro-democracy uprisings across the Arab (...)
CAIRO — The head of one of Egypt's most prominent publicly traded firms has appealed his conviction and sentencing on manipulating stock prices and providing conflicting information on his firm's holdings, the company said Monday.
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FRANKFURT: Europe and the United States are preparing to unfreeze billions in frozen Libyan assets that will be crucial to supporting the country once Moammar Qaddafi's regime collapses, but the North African nation's recovery will be neither easy (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's benchmark stock index fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, dragged down by concerns of an escalation in tension in the country over the pace of reforms and accountability of police and former regime officials.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's benchmark stock index dropped by more than 2.6 percent Monday, dragged down by concerns of mounting unrest in the Arab world's most populous nation.
The decline built on the EGX30 index's nearly 1.7 percent decline a day (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia's net foreign assets hit 1.8 trillion riyals ($480 billion) in May, their highest level ever, as surging oil prices helped the kingdom offset increased spending aimed at boosting growth and staving off the protests that (...)
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian stock exchange's benchmark index tumbled 2 percent on Wednesday, dragged down by new clashes in the iconic Cairo square that served as the epicenter of the protest movement that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak.
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CAIRO (AP): Qatar is looking at pumping up to $10 billion through investments and projects into Egypt, the Gulf emirate's ambassador was quoted as saying Tuesday, offering new hope to an economy ravaged by the unrest that ousted former President (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's annual urban inflation rate surged past 12 percent in April, pulled higher by spiking food prices, the government's statistical agency said Tuesday. The figures showed that some of the key catalysts that sparked the uprising (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's net international reserves fell $2 billion in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, Central Bank data posted Thursday showed, as the nation's economy reels from the aftereffects of the mass uprisings that toppled former (...)
CAIRO (AP): From the roof of the house in which he lives, Mohammed Hassan can see some of central Cairo's most prized real estate. A five-star hotel sits in the distance to the right, the towering foreign ministry building seems close enough to (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's benchmark stock index tumbled over 3 percent on Monday, pulling the market lower for a second consecutive day as investor worries mounted that an investigation into the head of a leading Mideast private equity firm signaled a (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers called for an end to strikes and protests Monday as thousands of state employees, from ambulance drivers to police and transport workers, demonstrated to demand better pay in a growing wave of labor unrest unleashed by (...)
CAIRO: The use of non-Latin characters in internet addresses is a key step to opening up the web and making it more "personalized" for billions of users, the head of the nonprofit body that oversees internet addresses said Monday.
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CAIRO: For the past six weeks, Kholoud Mustafa has walked past the butcher near her apartment in Cairo's run-down Ain Shams district, casting wistful looks at the meat hanging outside his shop as the price has steadily risen.
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CAIRO: Egyptian telecom giant Orascom Telecom said Thursday its chief executive is seeking a meeting with Algeria's prime minister after officials there said they would block any proposed sale of OT's subsidiary in the country.
The Cairo-based (...)