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This file photo shows traders working at the Egyptian stock market in Cairo on February 2, 2014. (Reuters/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files)

No plans to privatize Egypt stock market: Chairman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 18, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There are currently no plans to privatize Egypt’s stock market either in the near or distant future, according to the head of the bourse. Speaking on Wednesday on the second and final day of the 2014 Euromoney Egypt Conference in Cairo, Chairman...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), shakes hands with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)

Debate: Sisi will prioritize foreign policy

by Amina Al-Naqqash | Jun 8, 2014 | Debate

The new Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, has no choice but to place foreign policy among his top priorities. He is stepping into power in a time when growing complexity is enveloping Egypt’s foreign relations. These complexities were a result of the 2011...

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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) arrives with his bodyguards at a polling station to cast his vote during the presidential election in Cairo May 26, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdullah Dalsh)

Debate: Sisi will balance foreign and domestic policies

by Mohamed Abu Hamed | Jun 8, 2014 | Debate

Security issues affect the economy, and the build-up of interrelated problems means President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi must work on a variety of issues simultaneously. All issues are equally critical and pressing, especially in the minds of the Egyptian people. In past...

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Traders work at the Egyptian Exchange in Cairo on June 1, 2014. (Reutyer/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt stock market plunges on reports of new taxes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 1, 2014 | Business

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s stock market witnessed a sharp plunge on Sunday that forced a temporary suspension of trading following reports of a newly proposed government tax on capital gains. The half-hour suspension on the first day of the trading week at the Egyptian...

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An Egyptian woman buys watermelons from a fruit vendor in front of a poster with Arabic that reads, “civilians from Sayeda Zeinab support the candidacy of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi,” during the first day of a presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. The next president will be Egypt’s eighth since the overthrow of the […]

Opinion: Beautiful Words from Egypt’s Businessmen

by Ali Ibrahim | May 27, 2014 | Opinion

Characterizing the challenges that will face Egypt’s Third Republic, which will begin with the announcement of a new president following the end of voting today, Reuters issued a report last week quoting the deputy chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries,...