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In late 2011, Standard Chartered ended talks to acquire the Egyptian unit of Greece's Piraeus Bank
March 24, 2013 5:21In the end, the fate of Egypt's reforms and the IMF loan is likely to be sealed on the streets.
March 19, 2013 5:46Egypt will not sign any “emergency” loan with the IMF, cabinet spokesman Alaa el-Hadidi said on Tuesday, appearing to rule out any recourse…
March 12, 2013 4:45Qatar does not expect to give further financial aid to Egypt in the immediate term, Qatari Finance Minister Youssef Kamal said on Monday. “We already…
March 11, 2013 11:24Cairo is trying to secure a $4.8 billion IMF loan to shore up its finances as the economy faces a deep crisis rooted in two years of political turmoil that have drained foreign currency reserves to a critical level.
February 27, 2013 5:22The accident happened over the west bank of the Nile river.
February 26, 2013 11:29To his critics, Ahmed Shafik is a typical autocrat consigned to history’s dustbin by the Arab Spring – a military…
February 7, 2013 5:58Mursi's opponents say the new constitution could allow clerics to intervene in lawmaking, while offering scant protections to minorities and women. Mursi dismisses those criticisms, and many Egyptians are fed up with street protest movements that have prevented a return to normality.
December 26, 2012 10:11MAF is the sole franchisee of French hypermarket chain Carrefour in the Middle East.
December 23, 2012 4:46Critics insist that the new constitution, far from ending the turbulence, will compound it by alienating many Egyptians, including Christians who make up 10 percent of Egypt's 83 million people.
December 16, 2012 10:04Billed as a "national dialogue", the meeting was boycotted by his main rivals and had little credibility among protesters in the most populous Arab nation.
December 9, 2012 1:40The new government doesn't seem to know where it's going, and the economy is sinking slowly.
November 21, 2012 2:39International Monetary Fund negotiators will extend their stay in Egypt to continue their loan talks with the government, the Egyptian central bank and an IMF…
November 16, 2012 11:59Egyptians have long complained that successive governments have failed to enforce basic safety standards on the country's railways, leading to a string of deadly accidents.
November 11, 2012 8:39Egypt's financial regulator earlier this year approved a tender offer by France Telecom that would cement its control over Mobinil.
November 9, 2012 9:54