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Egypt's challenge: The economy
Unemployment is up, so is the budget deficit, job creation is virtually non-existent and the Egyptian pound has lost much of its value.
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Egypt replaces economy ministers, boosts Brotherhood
The opposition had been demanding the installation of a politically neutral cabinet to oversee parliamentary elections later this year.
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Egypt to shut hotels if staff sexually harass tourists: Tourism minister
Tough penalties to be imposed after travel agencies raise concerns about sexual harassment of tourists by hotel staff in Egypt.
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Twitter is ready to be a true news operation
Twitter is hiring a 'head of news' in its bid to be even more indispensable to global media, but will it work?
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Egypt’s business climate darkens
For Egypt, the collapse of a deal that would have created the Middle East’s biggest investment bank comes at a particularly bad time.
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Egypt cabinet reshuffle set to go through: PM
The ministries affected include oil, higher education and agriculture, official news agency MENA reported.
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'There is no food': Post-revolutionary economic turmoil dashes hopes in Egypt
When Egypt rose up to depose President Hosni Mubarak, hopes ran high that a new regime would usher in a revitalized economic era.
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Egypt to stream live videos of tourism sites
Egypt is targeting tourism revenue of $25 billion and tourist inflows of 30 million by 2020.
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Booze, bikinis are welcome in Egypt, Tourism Minister says
Tourism is a pillar of the Egyptian economy but has suffered since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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Egypt not officially notified of Australian livestock export halt
Egypt's agriculture minister insists that no formal notification has been received on an Australian livestock export ban to Egypt.
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Egypt’s economy: A state of ‘zugwang’
The Egyptian economy is slated for a growth of only 2% in the fiscal year ending June 2013.
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Egypt eyes 5.5 percent budget deficit in 2016-17: Finance Minister
Egypt's budget deficit will reach 197.5 billion Egyptian pounds or 9.5 percent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Can Egypt’s transition and economy be saved?
In the absence of a serious macroeconomic stabilization program, the economy will continue to deteriorate gradually.
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Australia suspends live cattle exports to Egypt over video
The graphic video purportedly showed animal cruelty in Egyptian abattoirs and prompted Canberra to launched an investigation.
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Egypt's long-term economic recovery plan stalls
Egypt’s jobless rate has risen to almost 13 percent in two years, from 9 percent, economic growth has slowed to 2 percent.
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Sawiris returns after Orascom Construction settles tax dispute
Onsi and his son, Nassef, were not in Egypt when the travel ban was announced early March by the country's top prosecutor.
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Egypt stocks surge on OCI tax settlement
News of Egypt's largest company tax dispute settlement drove index up, despite failure of EFG Hermes-QInvest merger deal.
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Tourism in Egypt: Arab spring break
Two years of political upheaval have battered tourism, a motor of Egypt’s economy.
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Egypt's president says no more privatization
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says that there will be no further privatization of state-owned companies.
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Egypt's Finance Minister appoints adviser to lead IMF talks
Egypt's Finance Minister appointed his economic adviser Abdallah Shehata to manage negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.