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Gulf rebounds; Egypt falls on political woes
In Egypt, the main index fell 1.6 percent following European markets downwards as investors remained worried about political instability at home.
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B.A.U.M. Jury honors Egyptian in Hamburg this month
Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish is awarded the International B.A.U.M. prize in 2011 for his life-work, the SEKEM Initiative
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Egypt's Sawiris among those eyeing Orange Switzerland
France Telecom is putting the Alpine country's third largest mobile operator up for sale, prompting a wave of speculation.
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Egypt stocks fall for 2nd day; tourism down
The 1.75 percent decline in the Egyptian Exchange's EGX30 index reflected mounting unease by investors over the political situation in the country.
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Fluctuating gas supplies could cost Jordan $1 billion, minister
The gas quantities pumped to the Kingdom of Jordan now are 80 million cubic feet a day.
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Ankara to triple economic investment in Egypt
The two countries signed a number of economic and trade deals that would increase trade turnover from $3 billion to $5 billion.
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Egypt's Orascom to invest up to $130 mln in Rwanda
On Tuesday Rwanda and Orascom Construction signed a deal to construct and maintain a methane gas plant at Lake Kivu.
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Flip-Flop on Egyptian Tourist Visas Creates Confusion
The Cabinet had not issued any decision regarding the new visa rules, calling it only a proposal.
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BDI: 70,000 Egyptians could lose jobs over poor Israeli relations
The Israeli-Egyptian QIZs employ 70,000 Egyptian and export $1 billion of goods to the US.
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Egypt's El Sewedy Electric expects stronger performance in second half of 2011
Major cablemaker expects demand to pick up for all operations after regional upheaval squeezed sales for the first six months of the year.
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Vodafone Egypt sees market stagnant until 2012
Egyptian telecom market to improve from the beginning of 2012, as telecom services usage increases due to political campaigning for elections.
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National Societe, Orascom Construction: Egyptian Equity Preview
Societe Generale plans to cut jobs at three of its units including the one in Egypt.
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The 2012 SPE exhibition sees a 12% increase in the number of paper proposals submitted
The North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC) taking place in February in Cairo received over 418 technical papers from 157 companies.
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IMF lending still open to Egypt: official
Funding is still an option in future despite military rulers rejection of $3 billion in June, says global body.
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MENA announced $11bn of new projects in last 30 days
Construction and Infrastructure remain the two most competitive segments in the MENA construction market.
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76 million Egyptian have cell phones
Vodafone Egypt held the most subscribers, with 33.8 million, with Mobinil following closely with 30.3 million.
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UAE at top slot in Mid East for internet infrastructure
Saudi Arabia and Egypt has been ranked at 39th place while South Korea bagged first slot in the index for its super-high-speed infrastructure.
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Arab spring brings gloom for Middle East private equity
Middle Eastern private equity executives are painting a sobering picture at a conference in Dubai.
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Leading global investors subscribe to US$70 million capital increase for Citadel Capital's African R
Four development finance institutions and a leading regionally focused private equity fund participated in the capital increase.
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$125Bn Health Check
The Middle East North Africa region is expected to spend $125-billion on healthcare by 2015 for a population of 233 million, according to AMCL.