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  • Egyptian Exchange indexes up last week

    Egyptian Exchange indexes up last week

    Date: 2013-11-22 09:29:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:400738

    The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed last week up and the market capital hit EGP 4.3 billion against 3 billion in the previous week. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 3.68 percent up to 6,457 points, said a weekly ....

  • Egypt eying more cooperation with Italy in sustainable development

    Egypt eying more cooperation with Italy in sustainable development

    Date: 2013-11-21 12:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:399334

    Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Mohamed Abu-Shady discussed Thursday with Italy's Ambassador here Matsirio Massari cooperation in sustainable development projects. Italy has granted Egypt 45 million dollars to build silos for grain storage ....

  • Russia lifts travel ban to Egypt's tourist attractions

    Russia lifts travel ban to Egypt's tourist attractions

    Date: 2013-11-21 09:14:20 GMT - Russia - Economy - SN:21 - ID:398924

    Russia lifted on Thursday its travel ban to Egypt's tourist attractions after the end of the emergency state announced in Egypt following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. A statement by the Foreign Ministry, as quoted by Novosti, said the ....

  • PM chairs National Finance Fund meeting

    PM chairs National Finance Fund meeting

    Date: 2013-11-20 17:08:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:65 - ID:398180

    Prime Minister Dr. Hazem el-Beblawy held on Wednesday a meeting with the Board of the National Finance Fund to review the projects and youth and sports activities financed by the Fund during the period from 2007 to 2012. The value of funding ....

  • EGP 100mn to upgrade Suez water plant

    EGP 100mn to upgrade Suez water plant

    Date: 2013-11-20 16:55:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:64 - ID:398157

    Suez governor Arabi el-Serwi has stressed the importance of establishing a new water plant. He made it clear that the operating water plant is being rehabilitated at 100 million pounds, expecting it to be ready in 30 months. In a meeting ....

  • EGX gains EGP 2.75bn

    EGX gains EGP 2.75bn

    Date: 2013-11-20 16:14:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:61 - ID:398077

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) made profits at the close of trading Wednesday prompted by intensive purchase operations by Egyptian investment funds. The market capital gained 2.75 billion pounds to reach 417.2 billion pounds, after transactions ....

  • Abdel-Nour decides to reform ECA administrative board

    Abdel-Nour decides to reform ECA administrative board

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:16:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:38 - ID:397309

    Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour has decided to reform the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) administrative board. The decision is meant to activate the role of ECA in countering any monopolization practices and to create a ....

  • CAPMAS: Tourists visiting Egypt tumbled by 69% in Sept. 2013

    CAPMAS: Tourists visiting Egypt tumbled by 69% in Sept. 2013

    Date: 2013-11-20 10:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:397145

    The number of tourists who visited Egypt during September 2013 thudded down by 69 percent to stand at 201,000 tourists against 994,000 tourists in the same month in 2012, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said. In ....

  • Egypt purchases 120,000 tons of Russian wheat

    Egypt purchases 120,000 tons of Russian wheat

    Date: 2013-11-20 10:00:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:397103

    The General Authority For Supply Commodities (GASC) contracted on buying 120,000 tons of Russian wheat under an international tender. The wheat – whose price stood at 305,66 dollars per ton - will be used for producing subsidized bread, GASC ....

  • Kuawait ups its support for African states to 2 bilion dollars

    Kuawait ups its support for African states to 2 bilion dollars

    Date: 2013-11-20 09:20:22 GMT - Kuwait - Economy - SN:27 - ID:397009

    Kuwait decided upping its financial support for African states to 2 billion dollars, said Kuwaiti Health Minister Mohamed Abdullah al-Mubarak al-Sabah. One billion dollars will go in soft loans to development projects and one billion dollars to ....

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