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Weekly Stock Review: Egypt index spirals to three-year low

CAIRO: Last week marked another dismal performance for the market, as global…

Sherine El Madany

Police round up teenage boys for harassment

CAIRO: Hundreds of teenage Egyptians boys were arrested Wednesday in various areas…

AFP
AFP

Stock market index falls below 4,000 points

CAIRO: Major Egyptian stocks slumped again on Thursday in a sell-off driven…

Jonathan Wright

Arab officials meet in Egypt over piracy

CAIRO: Egypt hosted an emergency meeting Thursday of six Arab countries trying…

Agencies

Repeals of gas verdict begin, MP seeks ministers' removal

CAIRO: The Cairo Court for Urgent Cases will hold a hearing on…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

New trading platform set to 'restore confidence' in Egypt's bourse

CAIRO: The Egyptian bourse will ring its opening bell next Thursday on…

Sherine El Madany

Egypt jewelers taking more minimalist approach

CAIRO: The eighth annual JEM exhibition for jewelry kicked off Wednesday night…

Theodore May

Julia Ormond charms Cairo

Messa' el kheir ya Masr (Good evening, Egypt), were the words British…

Joseph Fahim