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Swedish Minister for Trade visits Egypt

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:47:00 +0200

CAIRO: Swedish Minister for Trade, Dr Ewa Björling arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo earlier this week together with a business delegation for a four-day visit, meeting Egyptian Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Maged George and Minister of Health and Population, Hatem El Gabaly.
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Egypt props up auto, textile industries amid mounting job loss fears

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:22:00 +0200

On fears employers in Egypt would respond to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression by slashing jobs, the government revealed this week new measures to bolster a number of labor-intensive industries.
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Weathering the storm

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:10:00 +0200

Economic indicators suggest Egypt is beginning to feel the pinch of the international credit crisis. But not everything is bad news, writes Sherine Nasr.
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Price stability top priority, says CBE governor

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:39:00 +0200

Price stability will be the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) main focus in the coming period, said CBE Governor Farouk El-Okdah.
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Egypt: The rate is right

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:01:00 +0200

The Central Bank of Egypt stood its ground keeping interest rates unchanged, Niveen Wahish analyses the significance of the decision.
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Mbeki to host Egyptian president

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:43:00 +0200

Pretoria - South African President Thabo Mbeki will on Tuesday hold bilateral political, economic and trade discussions with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak.
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Summit to debate soaring food, oil prices

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:04:00 +0200

Africa needs to urgently address the issues of soaring food and oil prices and take appropriate measures as they negatively impact on poor households, said African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping.
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Egypt 'must give oil cash to poor'

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:20:00 +0200

Despite oil wealth, many Egyptians live in poverty. Now religious body issues edict.
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H&M to open in Cairo

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:00 +0200

H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, the international fashion retailer, will soon be available to eager followers of fashion in Cairo, Egypt. The store will open on June 5th 2008 in Cairo's exclusive Stars Center mall in the new Citystars development. The expansion of the trendy high street brand is a result of H&M's strategic partnership with M.H. Alshaya, one of the Middle East's leading retailers.
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Can bread subsidies continue in their present form?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:52:00 +0200

Some 500 political activists and textile workers were arrested and dozens of others injured during clashes with police in the Nile Delta city of Mahalla Al-Kobra on 6 April in protests over high bread prices, said eyewitnesses.
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